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History Exam 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Sacristy of land theory: | Shortage of land; people have to come together.Forces people to form Government. |
| Adversity Hypothesis: | Need positives (water, climate). For civilization to develop, there must be diversity. must have negatives with positives. this forms a challenge. |
| Land of Stability | Egypt |
| Surrounded with the nile | "Gift of the nile" |
| Egypt's great burrier | desert |
| Egypt's first dynasty | writing |
| Pharaohs had all mighty rule | Egypt |
| chief priest was considered a god | Egypt |
| Theocracy | no separation between church and state |
| Polytheistic | Worshiped gods |
| divine kingship | Looking out for people all the time |
| Pharaohs had servants, They believed that when pharaoh died , the servants died and went on the journey with the pharaoh. | Egypt |
| Then the Nobles wanted to go on the journey too | Egypt |
| Everything was seen through religious views | Egypt |
| What was Egypt's death rituals | Mummification |
| Natrons | Dries up cavities |
| Pineresen | chemical for odor |
| linin | used to wrap the body |
| who watches over the corpse in Egypt | Women |
| What was the biggest stone building ever | great pyramid |
| Age of pyramids. represents the pharaohs power. contributed to fall of old kingdom. intermediate period- time of trouble | old kingdom |
| period of progress, creativity. religious development; cult of osiris; how you pass on is how you acted in life. | Middle kingdom |
| organized government, falls away turmoil; civil war; invasion( HYKSOS)Their military was superior to egypt. it was a foreign domination period. | Second int. period |
| time of military strength. the ruler was Thutmos the third. Amchotep the fourth made the egyptions worship one go. | New Kingdom |
| Hegemony | dominance over religion. |
| Believed the good things would be enjoyed in heaven but in a greater degree. | Egyptians |
| confident and optimistic people | Egyptians |
| Life was shaped by the view of death | Egyptians |
| Lived free of threat of invasion | Egyptians |
| Didn't have a rigid cast system. what was the cast system of Egypt | pharaohs, nobles, scribes, merchants, artisans, farmers, serfs, slaves |
| public schools that trained to write | Egyptians |
| the school was open to all classes | Egyptians |
| women faired well | Egyptians |
| monogomy was the rule | Egyptians |
| girls of herum was entertainment | Egyptians |
| Goddess of egyptian party | Bess |
| Had a formula for beer | Egyptians |
| What women inherited the egyptian throne | Hatchepsuet |
| what would happen if adultry happened in egypt | cut off nose |
| " Give me bread when in hungry, give me beer when im thirsty" | how the egyptians saw afterlife |
| land between the rivers | mesopotamia |
| what was the weather condition like in mesopotamia | flooding was unpredictable, sandstorms |
| did mesopotamia have any natural barriers? | no |
| mesopotamia was a city state and constantly fought between city states. | |
| Who were the first people of Mesopotamia? | Sumarians |
| Who's writing form was cuneiform? | sumarians |
| who took control of the summarians first | Akodians |
| The first empire was what? | Akodians |
| who do they akodians fall to? | Babylonians |
| Who was the king of babylon | hammurabi |
| 1792-1750 who ruled? | Hammurabi |
| why did hammurabi make the roads? | for the military |
| What was the hammurabi code | field of justice |
| how many sections does the hammurabi code have? | 282 |
| what kind of religious view did the babylonians have? | polytheistic |
| were kings gods during the babylonian period? | no |
| where did they burry their dead? | under the house |
| each city state had a god. did they fight? | yes. good vs. bad |
| the priests had what? | Powers. |
| what is the epic of Gilgermesh? | no matter what you do, your gonna die. |
| was there hope for afterlife in the babylonian culture? | no |
| where did the babylonian laws come from? | the gods |
| what did the babylonians value? | private property |
| what was punished in the babylonian culture? | laziness |
| why did the babylonians have a strong work ethic? | land sacristy |
| what kind of society did the babylonians have | patriotic |
| what could the babylonians do to their kids? | sell them |
| How could the babylonians get a diverse? | adultery |
| " The wife is a mans future, sons mans refuge, and daughter is mans salvation." | Strong family bonds. babylonian society |
| Where is Phoenicia located? | On the coast |
| the phoenicians were great sailors throughout what sea? | Mediterranean |
| Where was carthage located | africa |
| phoenicia came up with what? | the phonetic alaphabet |
| What are the Arameans | caravans |
| Who are the "bad guys" | Assyrians |
| how do you describe the assyrians? | aggressive warlike people |
| how did they take over people? | by psychological terrorism. the people would give up before the fight. |
| " boys girls burnt upon flames. pillars of skulls erected before town" | Tiglath |
| who round up combatants; asked the people to fight or die | Assyrians |
| who has oriental seclusion of women | Assyrians |
| how old were the assyrian women when they married? | 12-13 yrs |
| What was the number one crime in the Assyrian society? | Abortion |
| who was Assurbanipal? | a scholar who collected cuneiform tablets and made a library. part of assyrians |
| Who do the Assyrians fall to? | the Chaldeans |
| whats another name for the chaldeans? | New Babylonians |
| who was the king of new babylonians, chaldeans? | Nebuchadnezzar |
| where did the chaldeans expand to? | throughout the fertile crescent |
| who did the chaldeans concur? | palestine, and took jewish leaders |
| What was it called when the chaldeans concurred palestine and took the jewish leaders? | babylon captivity of jews |
| Where was the persian empire located? | along the persian gulf |
| were they progressive? | yes |
| who was the king of the persian empire? | Cyrus the Great |
| What did cyrus the great do? | brought order. he showed respect to the people he concurred and brought them into his culture. |
| who was darius? | the king after cyrus the great, of the persian empire |
| what did darius do? | built roads, divided the empire into provinces. he had private servants |
| "neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor dark night hinder them in prompt completion of their task." | -persian beaurcrats. shows their dedication to society and fighting |
| what is the persian religion? | culture, zoroastrianism. rejected magic, superstitions. emphasis on morality and ethical conduct. had a good god and bad god. DUALISM. believed in the end that good would prevail |
| "sons are taught to ride horses, draw bows, and speak the truth." | cyclic theory of history. persians view of society |
| who does darius fall to? | Alexander the great |
| what does habira mean | Hebrews |
| where did the hebrews originate | Arabian desert |
| where did the hebrews settle when jacob was ruler | along the mediterranean |
| what was the name changed to when hebrews settles along the mediterranean? | Israel/palestine, Israelites |
| when israel moves again where do they move | egypt |
| moses arrises and helps who | nomadic people |
| who are the Philistines? | neighbors that fight israel. and israel always looses |
| "land of milk and honey" | palestine |
| who was the king that helped unite and defeat the philistines | saul |
| who was sauls rival | david |
| saul died and who took over | david |
| who did david unite | the Israelites , Jerusalem capital |
| after david who took power | salamen. davids son |
| what was salamen like | harsh ruler, which lead to revolt. |
| palestine was split into two kingdoms, which are? | israel, north. and judah- south |
| who was israel attacked by? | Assyrians |
| who did judah fall to? | claldeans. captivity of the jews |
| what was the first five books of the hebrews called | torah |
| what was the hebrews religion like | monotheism. the god was yahweh |
| how did the hebrews think of women | respected them. never abused them. |
| where was the hebrew women prohibited from | the inner temple |
| where were the minoans located | crete. located on the mediterranean sea |
| the minoans had what kind of community | sea community |
| who were the trade partners of minoans? | mycenaens |
| what were the biggest exports of the minoans | wine and olive oil and pottery |
| who had walls around the city and who didnt | minians didnt and myceneans did |
| capital of minoans | knossus |
| how did the minoans fall | earth quake possibly. attacked by pirates and Mycenaeans |
| minoans religion | polytheistic |
| how did the minoans burry their dead | with care |
| polis | city states |
| Hellenic age | era of city states |
| what were the two city states of the hellenic age | Athens and sparta |
| whats the political evolution | monarchy, oligarchy, tyrrany, democracy |
| where was sparta located | peloponnesian peninsula |
| was was spartas neighboring province | messenia |
| who did sparta concur | messenia |
| when messenia was concurred, sparta became what kind of state | barrate state. military |
| "everyone must subordinate themselves to the will of the state' | Lycugon constitution |
| upper startans | 5 to 10 percent of population |
| lower spartans | slave class. helets |
| periochi spartans | middle class. stray people |
| what kind of government was Sparta? | oligarchy |
| what values did sparta stress? | patriotism, self denial, discipline, |
| at the beginning of each year the spartans cast war on who | helots |
| who are the secret core | anyone that is a threat is liquidated on site. they were people that lived amongst the others, but were secret |
| spartan women | compete in sports but had weak marital bonds. |
| "come home with shield held high or on it' | spartan women to their husbands. shows weak marital bonds. and how harsh they were, and didnt care bout their husbands |
| what was the spartan military called | peloponesian league |
| where was athens located | on the edge of the penninsula |
| what kind of economy was athens | commercial economy |
| why is ionia important | they were colonized by the greeks |
| draco | law code of athens |
| who did athens rebel against | persians |
| who was the persian king | darius |
| why did persia want to go to war with athens | because athens aided ionia |
| who won the battle of marathon | athens |
| agora | market place where the people of athens waited to hear the outcome of the battle |
| mercianaries | hired fighters of persians |
| who is xerxes | persian monarch |
| xerxes asked for what as submission to the persians | earth and water |
| what 2 city states didnt submit to the persians | sparta and athens |
| why did xerxes want war | because athens and Sparta didn't show submission to persia |
| how did they cross the body of water hellespont | by bridge of boats |
| who was the spartan king | Leonidas |
| battle of salamis | athens ships were more movable and athens destroyed persia |
| "a persian king had gazed europe for the last time" | historian about the battle of salamis |
| Delian league | athens fleet |
| athens government | the workers received pay |
| " control masses rather than them control him" | Thucydides. a historian |
| idiotes | one that doesn't up hold responsibilities of citizenship |
| what political aspect did athens not like | philobustery |
| what was the one job in athens that put value on merit | general |
| "any man who sherks responsibilities of citizenship shall be regarded as useless character" | Paraclese |
| women of athens | no rights, married at 14, remain at the home |
| " i give this woman for procreation of legit children" | father of athens bride. |
| athens rashald | owned by the wealthy and the slaves and foreigners were the ones selling themselves |
| courtesan | high end prositutes |
| Aspasia | beautiful courtesan that was smart and was paraclese's mistress |
| " the less heard of women in male company the better' | Paraclese about women |
| symposiam | fancy dinner party that wives could not go to. but the people from brathal could go |
| the athens competitve games honored who | gods |
| drama emerged from who | greeks |
| who were the great playwrights | aeschylus,sophocles, euripedes, aristophdries |
| what is speculative philosophy | how nature worked, 12 chief gods. eventually turned attention to what the purpose of life? |
| Socrates believed what | that people should discover things through logical thinking |
| who was socrates student? | plato |
| plato | was interested in political science. condemned democracy and stared first university |
| Aristotle | attended university of plato. he was expert on all his fav subjects. he tutored alexander the great. thought women were subordinate |
| who was the first greek historian. "father of history. and what did he write about | Herodotus. and he wrote about the persian war |
| who was the second greatest historian | thucydides. he wrote about the peloponesian war |