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HST west civ part1
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| upper paleolithic | (late) old stone age, preliterate period, increase in population of people, sparked the influence of revolution for agriculture, they need continuous food that could be saved or storied at all times |
| neanderthal | another species of humans that did not survive, homo sapiens surpassed them |
| Homo sapiens | thinking human being |
| Lascaux | cave paintings in France, art was for religion, magic, surviving, paintings were from the paleolithic era |
| Altamira | cave paintings in Spain from paleolithic era |
| Natufians | mesolithic period, Mt. Carmel in Palestine, they stored grains, not exactly agriculture because they didn't grow it, exploiting resources that already exist, transitional culture, revolution for hunters and gatherers |
| Mesopotamia | beginning of civilization to form in history some might say, beginning of history, hard to create long lasting political kingdoms, open environment easy for invaders but they could spread their culture and learn things |
| Babylonia | After the chaos in Sumer, Amorites took over and Hammurapi formed Babylonia |
| Tigris-Euphrates Rivers | the fertile crescent, Mesopotamia, each year the rivers deposit silt making the land fertile, settlement was permanent |
| S.N. Kramer | |
| Edward Chiera | |
| Ensi | high priest, commander in chief in the sumerian civilization |
| Ziggurat | largest structure in the state, biggest temple, not a tomb or a pyramid, home of the gods, sumerian civilization |
| Sexagesimal Math | sumerian math, principle units were 10 and 60 |
| Cuneiform | sumerian writing, wedge shape writing, used for business records, literature, sexagesimal math, lunar calender, law, medicine, stories, records of food |
| Gilgamesh | epic mesopotamian hero, part God and went in search of immortality after friend died, found plant of immortality and he was foiled by snake who ate it, story of life and death, man is born and struggles to exist and in the end all must die |
| Sargon of Akkad | leader who conquered the sumerians, first conquer, united the valley of sumer, first imperialist, semite, personality of sumer, spread sumer civilization but his empire doesn't last long |
| Sumerian Renaissance | sumerians took back independence from Akkadian Empire, revival of sumerian civilization |
| Ur-Nammu | King of Ur, 3rd dynasty, constructed his ziggurat and law code, Egypt did not need a law code because they had pharaoh |
| Ur | port city near Persian gulf, sumerian city |
| Amorites | outside civilization that came and took over sumer, a time of chaos, sumerian civilizations are lost and absorbed by others |
| Hammurapi | revived the era from chaos, warrior who reunified the valley, Babylon, created the law code of Lex Talionis |
| Lex Talionis | Hammurapi's law, law of the claw, an eye for an eye, high god of the Amorites gave him this law, may have unified valley, gave them ID, tough laws, involved magic and rivers |
| Herodotus | father of history or father of lies, wrote about Persian war but over exaggerated and he didn't witness the Persian war first hand so he inquired people about it |
| Nile | Egyptian River, flows from south to north, it was predictable, if not for this river Egypt would not have developed, "he who comes to nourish the land", highway for commerce |
| Egypt | was an isolated civilization, did not fear attack from invaders, permanent society, was able to have long lasting dynasties and empires |
| Cyrus the great | |
| Hieroglyphic | egyptian form of writing, sacred carvings, picture writing |
| Sir Arthur Evans | was preoccupied excavating at Knossos and he discovered the remains of a great palace which he attributed to the great king Minos |
| The Mycenaens | |
| Troy | |
| the Dorians | |
| Nomes | (5th century millennium BC, pre-dynasty egypt)small neolithic settlements |
| Nomarchs | rulers of Nomes, war lords, they become one of pharaoh's trusted advisors |
| Menes | Upper Egyptian King (there were no pharaohs at this time) who conquered Lower Egypt, unifies upper and lower egypt, 1st dynasty, creates capital at Memphis, reigned for over 60 years before he was killed by a hippo, considered a god |
| Old Egyptian Kingdom | era in which basic things came into focus in egypt, formative era, pharaoh became appex of gov, believed to be a god, hieroglyphic script, solar calender, egyptian religion, 4th dynasty, pyramids |
| 4th dynasty | the pyramids of Gizeh, one of the strongest dynasty in egypt |
| Imhotep | built the step pyramid of Zoser of Sakkara, probably the first pyramid ever built |
| Step Pyramid | Imhotep's pyramid that he built for King Zoser in Sakkara |
| “Great Pyramid” | King Khufu's pyramid in Gizeh, the tallest pyramid ever constructed |
| First Intermediate Period, 2200-2052 BC | A time of chaos and decline in Egypt, power struggle, pyramids were rubble heaps, pharaohs are fighting for their existence so they couldn't build them, 7th and 10th dynasties, Thebes put an end to chaos and took over, cult of Amen-Ra |
| Middle Kingdom, 2052-1786 BC | Egypt after 1st intermediate period conquered by Thebes, 12th dynasty was powerful in thebes, a golden age, the cult of Amen-Ra, put more efforts in minor arts, literature, painting, began to trade with neighbors, pyramids not as extensive as old kingdom |
| 12th dynasty | most powerful dynasty in Thebes, during middle kingdom |
| Second Intermediate Period, 1786-1575 BC | Invasion and rule of the Hyksos, shiites, they had horse draw chariots and egyptians didn't, they ruled egypt for a long time but they didn't contribute much to the culture because they copied it, Biblical Joseph, Ahmose expelled hyksos, 18th dynasty |
| Hyksos | leading into the new kingdom, the Hyksos took control over lower egypt, they were "rulers of foreign lands" (Aamu) (Asiatics), they came from Palestine, Ahmose drove them out of egypt |
| Biblical Joseph | Joseph was a hebrew and his brothers didn't like him so they sold him into slavery but he came out of slavery as one of pharaoh's advisors, this is where the Biblical story should have taken place |
| Ahmose | Prince of Thebes got power and expelled the Hyksos, makes 18th dynasty, leads into new kingdom |
| New Kingdom Period, 1575-1087 BC | 18th dynasty which was more powerful than 4th, warrior pharaohs who marched to northern shores to expand empire, Thutmos I, II, III, Hatshepsut, Ramses, Amenhotep, Tut |
| Thutmose I | father of Hatshepsut, he had sons that could succeed him but his eldest daughter technically had to right to rule but women are not allowed to rule so she is married off to Thutmose II |
| Thutmose II | he was a wreck and he was sick, he had no sons by Hatshepsut |
| Thutmose III | step son of Hatshepsut, she becomes in charge when he is a baby until he becomes of age but that doesn't happen until she dies, he was going to be her successor, napoleon of egypt, spent his time conquering, strong pharaoh |
| Hatshepsut | eldest daughter of Thutmose I but women were not allowed to rule so she was married off to one of his sons by a lesser queen Thutmose II, incest, she repaired the egypt from the hyksos, built great things |
| Megiddo | Thutmose III's greatest conquest, egypt was now the superpower of the ancient world |
| Amenhotep IV/Akhenaton | |
| Deir el Bahari | funerary temple for Hatshepsut, not a tomb or pyramid because those were looted, in her honor |
| The Aton | the disk god and the only god that Amenhotep worshipped |
| Nefertiti | wife of Amenhotep, she supported his beliefs |
| Thebes | capital of Egypt during middle and part of the new kingdom, conquered egypt after first intermediate period |
| Memphis | capital of Egypt during the old kingdom, where the Pharaoh ruled from, during the reign of tutankhamon the capital of egypt was once again memphis |
| Tutankhamon | most famous pharaoh because of his tomb which was not looted, blood related to Amenhotep but he brought back the religion of Amen-ra, he was famous in death, Howard Carter discovered it, gave way to 19th dynasty |
| Satraps/Satrapies | |
| Jerusalem/Samaria | |
| Knossos | |
| Heinrich Schliemann | |
| Megarons | is the great hall of It is Mycenaean palace. the architectural predecessor of the classical Greek temple. It was used for poetry, feasts, worship, sacrifice, formal royal functions, and councils. |
| Homer: The Iliad and Odyssey | |
| Valley of the kings | a valley near Thebes, Egypt where the pharaohs of the New Kingdom are buried |
| Ramses II | accomplished a lot, he was a great warrior, conquered the Hittites at Kadash, formed a treaty of non-aggression probably the first one, he built a temple for Amen-Ra at Abu Simbel, he was a family man |
| Ramses III | egypt was in decline but he brought it back, he was the strongest pharaoh of the 20th century, repelled the sea peoples (indo-europeans), he was assassinated and Egypt was not going to recover |
| Hebrew Exodus | |
| Phoenician cities | Tyre, Sidon, Beirut, Byblos |
| Phoenicians | people that developed from Mesopotamia and Egypt and became great explorers and sailors, contributed 22 letter alphabet |
| Semites | a member of any of the peoples who speak or spoke a Semitic language, including in particular the Jews and Arabs. |
| Kadesh, Palmyro, Damascus | Semite cities |
| sea peoples/indo-europeans | Hittites, phoenicians, semites, Aramaeans, Minoans, Assyrians, Persians, Greeks, Romans, nubians, lybians |
| Nebuchadnezzar | most famous his Hanging Gardens of Babylon, one of the wonders of the world, the most famous neo-babylonian king, he capture jerusalem and destroyed it |
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