Unit One Assignment: Ashurnasirpal II I have entered into the palace of the great Ashurnasirpal II‚ and am approaching the throne room to await my meeting with the king. In front of me are two Lamassu figures that guard the entrance‚ Colossal statue of a winged lion from the North-West Palace of Ashurnasirpal II (Fig. 1). I am immediately in awe of the sheer size of this pair of sculptures‚ they each stand over ten feet tall‚ towering over individuals who would like to enter the throne room. The
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Genesis & Gilgmesh similarities and differences between ancient texts With the discovery of texts from ancient civilizations‚ many people have come to believe that various texts are common to one another. Examples of these texts are the creation stories from the Hebrews found in the Bible‚ The Hymn of Ra from the Egyptians‚ and the Enuma Elish stories from the Babylonians. In addition to these stories are the flood stories. These stories have caused many discussions among students involved
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A. Complete this chart by filling in the information for each civilization as explained in the assignment. What When Who Where Why Phoenicians Known for manufacturing as well as trade; First to make glass from sand; Purple (the color of royalty) became their trademark. 1200 BCE - 800 BCE Semitic speaking sea people also called Canaanites who because of their location became famous for sea trading. Present day Lebanon and Syria. Excellent ship builders and sailors. Created the phonetic alphabet
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The Flood Stories of the Ancient near East Allie Darling 9/8/13 The Flood Stories of Ancient Near East are very interesting and show what was going on throughout many parts of the East when the floods came through. Some are very similar and sometimes make you think that they are actually the same story while others make you wonder if they are even talking about a flood. One similarity of the flood stories is that In the story of Epic of Gimgamesh and in the flood story from the Book of Genesis
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A Little History of the World Chapters 1-10 Chapter 2- 4000 BC Start to discover metals. Bronze Age begins. Chapter 3- 3100 BC Menes rules Egypt. 2500 BC Cheops rules Egypt. 2100 BC Rebellion in Egypt (then back to normal). 1370 BC Akhenaton rules Egypt believes in one God. Chapter 4- Days of Week based after Gods. Mesopotamia‚ unlike Egypt was ruled by many kings‚ most important tribes are Sumerians‚ the Babylonians‚ and the Assyrians. Sumerians had already built houses and
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- ----------------------- Dialectical Notes on Chapter 2 Text -meso=land btwn 2 rivers -first cities: Uruk‚ Ur‚ Kish‚ Nippur‚ Lagash] Sumer -unpredictable flooding -exposed w/ no geo barriers so attacks from nomads -changes of weather -mood of fear and insecurity GODS -gods assoc. w/ nature and forces -gods were fierce and capricious -myths w/ woe -cosmology w/ chaos and conflict -The Babylonian Creation=sumerian poem creation explained thru spontaneous generation‚ then there was
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Retrieving the Plant by Malachi Coan‚ 6th Grade The valiant king of Urek‚ Gilgamesh‚ was on his last quest. He wanted to find out how to live forever. He had been searching for months through colossal mountains and past scorching deserts‚ and had learned about the Plant of Eternal Life found in the deepest‚ darkest part of the ocean. After discovering that the Euphrates River would carry him to his destination‚ he tied rocks to his ankles and plunged into the icy cold
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Lilith Lilith‚ in Jewish folklore‚ demon that is an enemy of newborn children. The name Lilith is etymologically related to the Sumerian word lil (wind)‚ not to the Hebrew word laylah (night)‚ as was long supposed. Like the Sumerian wind demon and its later Babylonian counterpart‚ Lilith was regarded as a succubus‚ or female version of the incubus. In the popular imagination‚ Lilith eventually became confused with Lamashtu‚ the Babylonian child-slaying demon. The only biblical reference to Lilith
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gathers‚ where they had to look for food‚ water‚ and shelter. In this same period the Neolithic Revolution happened‚ and from there they got the Neolithic time period. During the Neolithic time‚ they had civilization such as: Settled and Farmed and Culture. For the agriculture they had Surplus’‚ which is when u have extra stuff left over. The development of their agriculture at
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The epic of Gilgamesh The Epic of Gilgamesh is a potentially true story about a Sumerian king named Gilgamesh who ruled around 2600 BCE. One thing we learn from the story is the Sumerian value system as it relates to their leaders. Gilgamesh possessed qualities in which the Sumerians placed great value. He was a brave king‚ a wise king and a strong king‚ all traits that were important to the Sumerian people. He was also described as quite beautiful‚ which appeared to be important to the Sumerian
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