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the lifetime of lucy
lived 4 million years ago
was a biped
didnt make tools -
homo habilis
lived 2 million years ago
made simple tools
taller than lucy -
homo erectus
lived 1.8 million years ago
made fire
did not hunch over -
neanderthals
lived in a community
lived around 500,000 years ago
more stocky or stronger
larger brain -
homo sapien sapiens
modern humans
made cave paintings
made clothes
long range weapons
smaller brain -
begin of sumer
people started to trade
in doing so they got better resources
with those materials they made cities and farms surrounding them -
the epic of gilgamesh
was best found in a 7th century bce library
was an ancient myth or folktale
passed down by generations as a story not a book -
abraham
believed in monotheisim
took people to cannan
started judaisim -
hammurabis code
very brutal
harse
strict
controlled the people of ancient sumer
made by the sun god Shamash -
joseph goes to eygpt with the isrealites
joseph is sold as a slave by his brothers
interprets the pharohs dream
becomes visier
the isrealites follow him to eygpt where they stay for over 500 years -
moses exodus and the ten commandments
moses leads the isrealites out of eygpt and into cannan
the pharohs troops follow them but get caught in the red sea which moses parted
the isrealites complain and then god makes the ten commandments to keep them in order -
the time of judges
Approx. the middle of the 13th century to the middle of the 11th century BCE
deborah is the profit of the land
she soloves everyones problems
she helps them alot
she went with a general into battle
ruth is a person who had a lot of things when she left
ruth would glean for food -
the reign of david
Approx. 1013-973 BCE
david is ruths great great grandson
david killed goliath with one rock from a string -
elijah
Approx. 875-853 BCE
he was a profit for God
he tried to convince a king and queen to believe in god
he proved that his God was real -
siege of lachisch
701 bce
was brutal
people were banished or exiled
resistance wasnt tollarated -
siege of jerusalem
587 bce
was in judah
was like lacisch
was made by nebbercadezzer the babylonian king -
Indus Valley Civilizations
the indus valley civilazations consisted of farmers
they held water sacred
they were peacful
2000 BCE -
The Aryan Invasion and the Vedas
the aryans were the foreigners that conquered the indus
they were war-like people
they praised men gods
1700 BCE -
The Ascetics and the Upanishads
the Asctecs were like monks
they seperated themselves to be religious
the upanishads were their stories
700-500 BCE