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31 Cards in this Set
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Paleolithic
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-ended around last ice age
-Tribal hunters and gathers -crude stone & bone tool & weapons -cave paintings and sculputure |
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Hall of bulls
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1st art but used to capture the spirit of the animal or as a prayer
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Lascaux, France
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where hall of bulls where painted on limestone w burnt coal
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Humanistic tradition
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humankind’s cultural legacy
OR the sum total of the significant ideas & achievements handed down from generation to generation |
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Venus of willendorf
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buried around the dead to protect them
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cycladic
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greek islands during bronze age
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Dolmen
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stone tomb
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megaliths
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mega big liths stone
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capstone
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roof of dolmen
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River valley cultures
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۞ urban life
۞political institutions ۞specialization & division of labor ۞trade & large-scale farming ۞wheeled vehicles & sailboats ۞metallurgy/bronze tools ۞writing & record keeping ۞solar calendar |
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River valley location and river
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-egypt nile
-mesapotamia (iraq) tigris and euprates |
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cuneiform
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clay wedge
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Hieroglyph
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written on papyrus, pictures or abstracts represent sounds or ideas
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mesolithic
neolithic |
transitional stone
new stone polished stone architecture pottery weaving |
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Amon, Re, Aten
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egyption sun god
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Osiris 2nd to the sun
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the Nile River, which was identified with Osiris, the ruler of the underworld and the god of the dead.
Isis, Osiris’ wife, reassembled his body (while leaving one important part in the Nile) and brought him back to life. |
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Anubis
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guided the souls of the dead from the world of the living to the world of the dead. Anubis ws also responsible for weighing the actions of the deceased in terms of good or evil. He is also considered the inventor of embalming and mummification
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Hypostyle
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pylers
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pylons
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piled on bricks
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Isis
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love, loyalty, protection, motherhood, and sexuality.
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palette of king narmer
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one a battle that united upper and lower egypt and a palette was made art w/ purpose
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Theocratic socialism
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THE LAND AS SACRED.
OWNED BY THE GODS, RULED BY THE PHARAOHS, FARMED BY THE PEASANTS theocracy is rule by god or his represenative like pharo |
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nile river and myth
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in the worlds longest river the Nile’s primordial waters brought forth a mound of silt, out of which emerged the self-generated sun god; from that god, the rest of Egypt’s gods were born.
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pyrimids
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built w/out slaves and good tools, stones 2-50tons, made to hold possesion needed in life to come
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King tut
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insignificant king whos tomb was not raided b/c he was not known
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Obelisks
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commemorative structures
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Temple at karnack
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5 acre religous temple for priests to perform daily rituals
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Rights of egyption women
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totally equal to men as far as the law was concerned
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clothing of egyptian women
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simple sheath dress just above or just below the breasts
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Egyptian person hygiene
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The sun and heat required the Egyptians to pay considerable attention to their skin and their appearance for reasons of good health as much as vanity. Egyptians bathed frequently, some several times a day. Unguents and oils were applied to the skin by both sexes. One popular mixture was made of plant extracts mixed with the fat of a cat, crocodile and hippo.
solved lice problem by shaving head and wearing wig |
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perfumed cone
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worn on the head fasionable at parties
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