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Zyg History Unit 2
| What is (a)... | The answer is... |
|---|---|
| Pastoral Nomad | developed when nomads started to ride horses (they are pastoral...but constantly on the move) |
| How did pastoral nomads live? | Survived by eating and drinking meat and milk from animals they raised and animals they hunted. Thought of themselves as blood brothers, commited to live and die for their tribes. Had a patriarcle society (group that is lead by a male figure). 2000 BCE |
| What were pastoral nomads' values? | War fare was extremly important, more than their ancestors, becuase they were always on the move, they have more heards, bigger groups needing more land, they had to be ready fo fight at a moments notice. very close to nature Absolute loyalty, bravery |
| Contact between Pastoral nomads and urban dwellers | They would trade with setteled people, when they didnt agree to trade there would be a raid and the pastoral nomads would leave with what they wanted. Nomads needed the settled people more (because settelers had grains, very important) |
| Hammurabi | King of Babylon; came up with 282 laws |
| Hammurabi's laws | Eye for an Eye, Tooth for a Tooth, protected peoples property, morals, and the army (many were about soldiers), rental policys, intrest, insurance, etc |
| Hebrews | offer a dramitc example of nomads going on a conquest and invading and settling (descrimbed themselves as a loose federation of around 12 tribes) |
| Pastoral Nomads':Economy | They would trade goods with the other cities, more around to fertile lands, they hunted animals for food |
| Pastoral Nomads':Military | Warfare was even more important for pastoral nomads than it had been for the earlier pastoralist. pastoral nomads had to be ready to fight at a moment’s notice...hunting provided training for fighting |
| Pastoral Nomads': Values | Survived by consuming meat and milk from their herds and the animals they hunted. They roasted most of their meet and boiled only a small percentage, because boiled food cooks slowly and requires more fuel and pots, |
| Pastoral Nomads': Belifs | Lived close to nature, and many worshiped deities that represented the natural forces of the universe, such as fire, sky, wind, and storm |
| Tribe | A tribe is a group in which nomads would commit themselves to. People were very devoted to their nomadic tribes, and considered themselves “blood brothers.” |
| Patriarchal | living in a male dominant society |
| Militaristic | predominance of the military class or its ideals...exaltation of military virtues and ideals |
| Barbarian | The Chinese and Greek (along with others) considered anyone who lived outside the city walls and didn’t speak the Chinese language were barbaric |
| Indo-European | Hitties, Aryans, Kassities, Achaens, Dorians, and Latins |
| When did the Indo-European's leave their original homes? | 2000-1700 B.C.E |
| Where did the Indo-Europeans go to after leaving their original homes? | Middle East (Anatolia, Alamites, Mesopotamia, and Egypt) |
| Why did they leave? | Geographic Factors droughts, overgrazing, Demographic Factors, Technological Factors, iron, chariots |
| What were the geographic factors that forced I-E to flee their homes? | Climate: droughts/ Over grazing: steppe could no longer suport the animals and be fertle for crops |
| What were the Demographic factors that forced I-E to flee from their original homes? | How big the population was, because the population was so big it was too hard to feed the large amount of people |
| What were some technological factors that helped I-E's leave their homes? | Iron->Chariots |
| Semetic | Another group of nomads (Hyksos, Chaldaens, Apiru {Hebrews}) |
| Sargon | An Akkadian leader who led his men against neighboring cities conquering them one by one (claiming land from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean Sea) |
| Belligerent | waging war; specifically : belonging to or recognized as a state at war and protected by and subject to the laws of war |
| Who invaded Mesopotamia? | The pastoral nomads (Akkadians, Amorites/Babylonians, Hitties, Assyrians, Kassites) |
| Why did they invade Mesopotamia? | Urban life was thriving in Mesopotamia, a lot of tensions (lie styles were different) there was no natural barriers (nothing stopping them) |
| What were some political changes happening? | Religion was no longer something to look to for safty, this leads to the need of kings and military leaders |
| What are religious changes happening? | "Male god tore about female limbs and sculpted the earth out of it" |
| Abraham | Was the first person to belive in only one god (monotheistic) |
| Pastoral Nomad: values | absolute loyalty, bravery and obeidience, and only had one leader in batle. |
| Purusha | A cosmic man that was sacrificed by the gods and molded into the poeple of the earth |
| Vedas | The sacred text of the Aryans (major source of information) |
| Hyskos | Ruled the Nile valley for awhile, they were friendly with the Hebrews, described as fearce invaders, left when pharohs came egyptains followed their ways and drove them out of egypt, inslaving the ones that were left |
| New Kingdom | When egyptions focased on fighting people, had pharohs, new ways...new kingdom, everyone benifited from war? expanded into new areas, sending african soldiers who worked for money, to go and fight in syria and palestein |
| The new Hebrew Kingdom | Migrating between 2000-1000 bce, following a pattern of invasion, conquest and settelment, similiar to other nomadic groups, hebrews are a federation of 12 tribes, thought to have entered Canaan when Hammurabi was ruler, at the end, second thought of YHWH |
| Exodus | Hyskos welcomed Hebrews, both were Semetic, Joseph was a Hebrew who had a lot of power in the egyption government. New pharoh took over and enslaved them, etc. in 1300 bce moses led the Hebrews out of Egypt, wandered for 40 years |
| Exodus cont. | Moses gets the 10 commandments from god on mt sinai, moses dies on the way to the promise land, joshua is his successer, he leads them to promise land, once they take over canaan they settle and start farming, worship other gods, go against 10commandments |
| Saul | King, he was killed David, his son was his successer |
| David | Rules for 40 years, Sauls successer and son |
| Solomon | Takes over after David dies (son of david) large merchant navy monopilizing trade for miles, lived in luxury, supervised constuction of a huge temple in jeruselum, seemed to tolerate other gods, against 10 com., when he died there was a lot of civil war |
| Aryans | An indo-european nomadic group living in the steppes of southurn Russia, moving into Iran, some tribes contiuded through himalya mountains, reaching a plain finding decaying indus cities, settled in the valleys gradually mixed withthepeople destroying et. |
| Vedas | four books, hymns to the gods, instructions on ritual performance, some speculation of the meaning of the universe, becuase no written language, passed down orally, 1500-1000 bce is called Vedic Age, no kings and battles instories,historianscan peice tog |
| Vedas Cont. | Reveal hierarchical male dominated society, Rashas, cheifs who rule, had a lot of power, led tribes into war, |
| Bharatis | One of strongest tribes, many of gods have to do with nature |
| Varnas | Kshatriyas, most respected and power group, worriers and rulers, Brahmins, preists, responsible for rituals and maintaining old tradition, Vaishyas, traders farmers and craftsman (upper 3 communities of varnas)Shudras, ppl who alreadylivedthere,dirty work |
| Twice born | In varnas, can wear sacred clothes and took part in rituals, gave afterlife in heavens |
| Brahmins | After awhile, became the highest group, around 1000 BCE, fighting became less important about growing crops and animals, Brahmin's staged public sacrifices, and rituals, only ones who had access to the Veda, had to keep old traditions alive |
| The Rig Veda | Biggest creation story in India, in story the Purusha, a comsic man, sacrifices his man, different parts of his body became parts of the world, Brahmins became the head, arms were worriers, thights were the people, and the servents were his feet |
| Status of women in Aryan times | although lived in a particle society had many rights, were aloud to choose whom they married, young women (if twice-born) would be aloud to study the sacred texts in order to impress men, would marry withen status, married btwn 16-17 years of age |
| Mahabarata | Epic:About a huge civil war between several Aryan tribes,about cousins fighting over who had more legitimacy, who should be king,attempted to settle by gambling match, epic ends both are dead, no kingdom,moral is tribal warfare was/is very disctructive |
| Ramayan | Epic:Rama's father dies,should be the next king (oldest)evil step mother wants ramas 1/2 bro to be king, banishes rama frm land 4 14 years(1of2 wishes other 1/2 bro to be king) Bharata doesnt want Rama to go, rama goes b/c its dharma to his father MORE |
| Militaristic | a society which is mainly focased around fighting/war and the military, militaristic leaders in these societies have massive amounts of power |
| Barabarian | People would consider barbaric people to be "like animals" although some consider just because they dont speak the languague that is spoken in their society, thought to be infirior |
| Semetic | Language, Culture originating in Arabia |
| Civil Law | Involves marriage, contracts and social conduct |
| Sargon | Establisted the first kingdom in Mesopotamia |
| Canaan | Hebrews settled there, building a kingdom (after exodus) |
| Covenant | A sacred religious agreement(like 10 commandments)Abraham was the first person to believe in only 1 god(YHWH)his agreement was with the god, and in return YHWH blessed him, promised a good life, protection,curses back if cursed, first covenant in history |
| Empire | A group of people (many different cultures and backgrounds, many cities grown into one) that is all under the rule of one very powerful leader (this was important because there were many empires in mesopotamia at this time) |
| Epic of Gilgamesh | A on going story of his Gilgamesh's life, it shows the relationship between settlers and nomads (nomad is "humanized" and challenges Gilgamesh for spot as king, ends it a draw and they become life long friends) MORE |
| Genisis | Adam and Eve, their two songs Cain and Abel (representing nomads and settled people, Abel was nomadic, Cain would farm, it shows that settled people were better off, Cain kills Abel) |
| Hammurabi's Code vs. 10 Commandments | They are both a set of rules but different, tc have 10, hc have 282, most of tc have to do with religion and the person you should be, and hc tells you if you do this these are your consiquenses, the 10 commandments made everybody equal |
| What role did conqured people in India play for the Aryans | The Aryans didnt like the people and enslaved them, had the Varnas in order to keep them different from eachother |
| Dharma | In India: the basic principles of cosmic or individual existence : divine law b: conformity to one's duty and nature |
| Sita | Prince Ramas wife, abducted by evil king Ravana |
| 10 commandments | no other gods before YHWH, not make yourself any graven image, not take the name of the lord in vain, remember sabbath day, keep it holey,honor your father and mother, dont kill, dont commit adultry, dont steal, dont bear false witnesses,nocovet anything |
| Devotees | an ardent follower, supporter, or enthusiast (as of a religion, art form, or sport) |
| Intoxicating | (intoxicate) to excite or stupefy by alcohol or a drug especially to the point where physical and mental control is markedly diminished b: to excite or elate to the point of enthusiasm or frenzy |
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