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HIST 110
Mid-Term Exam
Identifications 8 points each
Answer five (5) of the following ten (10) terms and give their significance
1. Great Ice Age 6. Zoroastrianism
2. Hammurabi 7. Alexander the Great
3. Buddha 8. Struggle of the Orders
4. Mandate of Heaven 9. Charlemagne
5. Maya 10. Iconoclasm
Zoroastrianism – Zoroastrianism was a religion started by a man with the name of Zoroaster. This religion preached against the killing of animals. It was also known as one of the first monotheistic religions, and played …show more content…
He forces labor upon his subjects, mainly men, by forcing them to build structures that he wants completed and has really no sense of sympathy for his people. He also forces them to compete in competitions to see who was the strongest, almost like a survival of the fittest type of competition. Also stories of him raping women, regardless of their marital status come into the picture. Even women accused him of raping them on their wedding night. After reading through all of these characteristics of Gilgamesh, I believe that he was a bad person and terrible leader. Enkidu gets introduced after this as a being that is created as close to Gilgamesh that anyone has been. He ends up challenging Gilgamesh to a duel and ends up getting defeated by him. They end up being close friends and going on journeys together until the gods take Enkidu’s life. This in turn hurts Gilgamesh deeply and he goes on a journey to see Utnapishtim in order to change his life around so he doesn’t end up in hell like Enkidu. This journey ends up changing Gilgamesh’s life completely because he hears of Enkidu’s stories and wants deeply to stay alive as long as he can. Towards the end of the epic, Gilgamesh is definitely sadder and wiser. He gets a new outlook on life on his new journey. He ends up returning to Uruk and realizes that he cannot live forever. He also endures painful guilt of what he did to his people in the past. It is also said that this is as close to an immortal feeling that a mortal being can
HIST 110
Mid-Term Exam
Identifications 8 points each
Answer five (5) of the following ten (10) terms and give their significance
1. Great Ice Age 6. Zoroastrianism
2. Hammurabi 7. Alexander the Great
3. Buddha 8. Struggle of the Orders
4. Mandate of Heaven 9. Charlemagne
5. Maya 10. Iconoclasm
Zoroastrianism – Zoroastrianism was a religion started by a man with the name of Zoroaster. This religion preached against the killing of animals. It was also known as one of the first monotheistic religions, and played …show more content…
He forces labor upon his subjects, mainly men, by forcing them to build structures that he wants completed and has really no sense of sympathy for his people. He also forces them to compete in competitions to see who was the strongest, almost like a survival of the fittest type of competition. Also stories of him raping women, regardless of their marital status come into the picture. Even women accused him of raping them on their wedding night. After reading through all of these characteristics of Gilgamesh, I believe that he was a bad person and terrible leader. Enkidu gets introduced after this as a being that is created as close to Gilgamesh that anyone has been. He ends up challenging Gilgamesh to a duel and ends up getting defeated by him. They end up being close friends and going on journeys together until the gods take Enkidu’s life. This in turn hurts Gilgamesh deeply and he goes on a journey to see Utnapishtim in order to change his life around so he doesn’t end up in hell like Enkidu. This journey ends up changing Gilgamesh’s life completely because he hears of Enkidu’s stories and wants deeply to stay alive as long as he can. Towards the end of the epic, Gilgamesh is definitely sadder and wiser. He gets a new outlook on life on his new journey. He ends up returning to Uruk and realizes that he cannot live forever. He also endures painful guilt of what he did to his people in the past. It is also said that this is as close to an immortal feeling that a mortal being can