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Sumer
ancient culture, started with "Ziggurat" or Towers to heaven.
Ziggurat
Tower to heaven built by sumerian people
Mesopotamia
land between river (fertile crecent), first place for urban revolution. Created city states
Old Kingdom Egypt
From 2686-2110, Unifed under a single ruler known as a pharaoh.
Hammurabi
1792-1750 - 1st ruler of the 1st babaloynian empire. Great concer for stablilty so he creade hammurabi's code - segniors, commoners, then slaves. Code was made as a economic helper. based on royal ideology
New kingdom egypt
(1570–1070 BC) Created hittites.
mummification-KA
People would mummify bodies because they belived that the KA, or soul, would live on after it died and would be connected to the fate of the body. If the body was not preserved then there was a disconnect
Epic of Gilgamesh
2500 BC, Story about king of mesopotamia who was depressed over death of his firend sets on a quest to find eternal life, lead him to Utanapishting
covenant
hebrew people were the chosen people of god and the idea was that it is the resonibility of the people to obey so Yahueh would obey his side and help them.
prophetic movement
social justice in 8th century bc to 5th century bc, invasion and enslavement of the people of isreal
Canaanite Religion
worship of 3 gods, the EL (supreme being/god), 2nd the Baal (Storm/agriculture god), 3rd was Asheroth (sister wife of agriculture), syncretism (blending of religions) made hebrew and cannan religion mix
Homer
800 bce when time of choas and no history, randomly his epic was found (Illiad and Odessey) tells alot about the values of greeks.
Mycenaean
mainland greek culture, height of power 1400-1200 bce
Minaos
discovered by arthur evans, centeralised on the lsland of crete 2600- 1200 bce.
Polis
8th century, 700 bce, "city-state from 8th to 4th centruy, Independant cities based on agriculture and trade, each is seperate from each city.
Gynekeion
special section of the house for women only, restriced to the most private parts of the house (kitchen, store room, and a private courtyard). Origin of Harem
Hetaira
Prostitute. "courtesan" highest level of prositution. Slipped thorugh law and owned property. Recived pay as gift from wealthy lovers. 1st era women gain independance.
Persian war
War between allied greek city states and persion empire. 2 parts, 1st - Marathon war-490, and Battle of thermopoly - 480. Hoplites or the militia emerged. Delian leauge was the uinified states.
Peloponnesian war
431-404BC, an Ancient Greek military conflict, fought by Athens and its empire against the Peloponnesian League, led by Sparta.
Socrates
469-399 bce. Athenian philosopher during peloponesian war, focused on knowing what was the "internal good". Put on trial in 399 for charges of corrupting the youth, first person to get people to challenge authority. Followed by plato and aristotle
Alexander the great
throne of Macedon in 336 bce. Conqured all of the known world (mainland greece, persian empire, india, egypt, india and north africa) in 5 or 6 years. spread hellenism.
Hellenism
era when greek values, idea, and language spread & diffused across most of the known world. (336 - 1st century bce) started by Conquest of alezander the great.
Stoicism
Hellenistic era. Based on teachings of Zeno (335-263). Said that the world was a single state. Everyone had "logos" or reason, and everyone should use reason to overcome anxiety & fear. Everything was subject to fate.
Epicureanism
Epicurus (3rd Century BCE). Idea that pleasure seeking was purpose of life. Based of materialism
pietas
respect for the gods
senate
advisory body made up of land owning arisotcrats. started as a patrician and ended up a consul
etruscans
people who lived in rome before romans, independance in 509 from the etruscan
Punic wars
wars between rome and carthage(264-149)
spartacus
leader of a famous slave revolution in 73bce.
Julius Ceasar
Roamn general that in 49 bc took over rome
Apocalyptic
1st century judaism, concept of the end of time.
Augustan settlement
era that augustus ceasar ruled, explained his ways to settle problems.
perceution of christians
? because there was no uniform movement to stop out chrisitanity. The great percecution in 300 only time.
gnosticism
belife that the world was dualistic , physical and spiritual.