AP World History Midterm Review History The study of past events and changes in the development‚ transmission‚ and transformation of cultural practices. Earliest Farming Location Fertile crescent Swidden Agriculture a place temporarily cleared for agriculture by cutting back and burning off previous growth Catal Huyuk early urban culture based on sedentary agriculture Mesopotamia "between the rivers"; civilizations that arose between the Tigris-Euphrates river valleys Hyksos a member of an ancient
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The Roots of Judaism and Christianity (i) Judaism: The Jews are a people who trace their descent from the biblical Israelites and who are united by the religion called Judaism. They are not a race; Jewish identity is a mixture of ethnic‚ national‚ and religious elements. An individual may become part of the Jewish people by conversion to Judaism; but a born Jew who rejects Judaism or adopts another religion does not entirely lose his Jewish identity. In biblical times the Jews were divided
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Jerusalem” (Hastings 426). Without divulging too greatly into the historical context of chapter 7 quite yet‚ Proto-Isaiah addresses the period of the collapse of the northern kingdom before the Assyrians. It reveals Yahweh’s coming judgment towards Assyria for its “pride and refusal to recognize that it is the instrument of Yahweh’s purpose‚” while predicting the “overthrow of the Assyrian invader” (Hastings 426). Moving on to Deutero-Isaiah‚ the prophecies in chapters 40-55 are thought to have
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Semiramis: Queen of Babylon and the subject of myths and legends. After the death of her husband‚ Ninus‚ she ruled Babylon for many years. Semiramis is the Greek name for Sammu-ramat. Semiramis plays no active role in the story. Ninus: King of Assyria and late husband of Semiramis. He plays no active role in the story. However‚ it is at his tomb that Pyramus and Thisbe meet after
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Mesopotamian Mythology The Epic of Gilgamesh Longest and greatest literary composition written cuneiform Akkadian. Story was constantly altered through oral narrative tradition king of Uruk‚ who was two-thirds god and one-third man Although Gilgamesh was godlike in body and mind‚ he began his kingship as a cruel despot. He lorded over his subjects‚ raping any woman ‚whether she was the wife of one of his warriors or the daughter of a nobleman Gilgamesh used force labourers to build his
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HISTORY OF JUDAISM Semitic tribes in the Middle East: from 3000 BC When prehistory shades into history‚ in the Middle East‚ there has already occurred the first identifiable movement of a group linked by their language - the Semitic tribes. Probably originating in southern Arabia‚ Semitic people have spread by 3000 BC along the desert caravan routes‚ up through Sinai and into Syria. Five hundred years later they are an integral part of the culture of Mesopotamia‚ where there is
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Exam 1 review sheet History 1100 ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS: Prehistory- first civilized people started migrating out of Africa‚ into the Near East‚ Europe and Asia. The migration set the period known as the Stone Age. The Stone Age is where people drastically made a change. They started using tools made out of stone‚ agriculture and domesticated animals. Paleolithic Age (old stone)- 200‚000 b.c.-10‚000 b.c. Neolithic Age (new stone) – 10‚000 b.c.-4‚000 b.c. PALEOLITHIC AGE: Hunter-gatherers-
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The word Apocrypha has come into the English language from the Greek [απόκρυφα] “apokruphos” and basically means hidden. It was used very early in the sense of secretive or concealed‚ but was also used in reference to a book whose origin was doubtful or unknown. Eventually the word took on the meaning of non-canonical‚ and thus for centuries the non-canonical books have been known as apocryphal books. Yet in Protestant circles "the apocrypha" is the normal designation for those extra books
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1 The Birth of Civilization Mohenjo-Daro Figure. Scholars believe this limestone statue from about 2500 B.C.E. depicts a king or a priest from Mohenjo-Daro in the Indus valley in present-day Pakistan. Does this figure seem to emphasize the features of a particular person or the attributes of a particular role? Hear the Audio for Chapter 1 at www.myhistorylab.com CRAIMC01_xxxii-031hr2.qxp 2/17/11 3:22 PM Page xxxii EARLY HUMANS AND THEIR CULTURE page 1 WHY IS “culture” considered a defining
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Monotheism * Hierarchy of supernatural beings * The Diaspora * Diaspora: Dispersion * Jews who lived outside of Jerusalem * Dispersion began with the foreign domination of Israel * 721 B.C.E.- Assyria took northern kingdom * 587-586- Babylon took southern kingdom of Judah * In first century there were far more
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