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Ancient Civs.
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Rough mind map covering Mesopotamia, Egypt, Indus-Valley, and China.
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Clay Johnson
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Ancient Civs.
Mesopotamia
Between the Tigris; Euphrates Rivers
First Civilazations
Sumerians-1st known civ.
Anthropomorphic gods
Ziggurat at Ur
Ziggurat: a religious temple that doubled as civic center
cuneiform: writing system
Gilgamesh: oldest written epic; first account of Noah's ark story
Akkadian Empire
After Summerians
First Empire
Ruled when Sargon conquered Summerians
Example of priest loosing power to military over time
Judaism appeared
Amorites
After Akkad Empire
Led by Hammurabi
Hammurabi was first to have code of law
Assyrians
Led by Ashurbannipal
Chaldeans
Babylonians
Led by Nebuchadnezzer
Religon
Judaism
Abraham left Ur and settled in Jerusalem
Yahweh's covenant with his people
Tora: 1st 5 books of the bible
Most sacred Jewish text
10 commandments
1st: no other gods
2nd: no graven images
9th: don't steal
3rd: don't take gad's name in vain
4th: Remember Sabbath
5th: Respect Parents
6th: don't kill/murder
7th: don't lie
8th: don't want something others have
10th: no adultury
Jewish slavery: made judaism widespeard
Egypt
Nile was the lifeblood
Period of Inundation
Periods when the Nile flooded
Narmer
United Upper (southern) and Lower (nothern) Egypt
King Tutankhamom (Tut)
Despised by Egyptians
Most intact tomb
Tomb found by Howard-Carter
Tomb in Valley of Kings
Valley where new kingdom kings are buried
Champollion
Found Rosetta Stone
Decipher Hieroglyphics
Isolation-minded government
Religon
Pyramids
Djoser Step pyramid
First pyramid attemp
Giza Pyramids
Oldest Natural wonder
Kings had to be burried underground in "Valley of Kings" to avoid grave robbers
3 main gods
Osiris: underworld god
Horus: god representing ruling Pharoph
Isis:fertility goddes
Indus-Valley
Cities
Harappa
Farther up the Indus River
Mohenjo-Daro
First planned city
Close to Arabian Sea
Vedic Age
Aryan Migration
Largely pastoral and warriors
Religon
The Vedas
Religious Hindu text
in sanskrit
hyms
poems
prayers
magical spells
list of gods/goddesses
Social Hierachy
!st: Brahmins
2nd: Kshatriyas
Based on reincarnation
3rd: Vaishyas
4th: Shudras
Pariahs: Untouchables
not considers part of the social class
Brahman-supreme god
3 forms
Brahma-creater
Vishnu-preserver
Shiva-destroyer
Yoga
Hatha Yoga-physical
Karma Yoga-good deeds
Shana Yoga-knowledge
Bhakti Yoga-devotion to god
Raja Yoga-meditation
Sanskrit is written language
Chinese
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