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Jan 13, 701
1814: Siege of Lachish
great siege in 701bce
burning city
sennacnerib brutally seized cities of judah
he took many people
deportation
triumph of sennacherib
assaination by two of his sons
seen n relief were victims of war families with carts packed high, soliders (assyian)
carried off 200,156 persons both m ale and female -
LifeTime of Lucy
4 million years ago
Teeth of onimore
Two feet
Bypeds
Free Hands -
Homo Habilis
2 million years ago
Bipeds
Hand
Brain
Tools -
Homo Erectus
1.8 million years ago.
Bipeds
Hands
brain
created tools
fire
cook their meat -
Neanderthals
Less than 500,000 years agi
Onimores
better control of fire
minor surgury
buried dead
hunt in grou[s
heal sick
tools -
Homo Sapien sapiens
large brain
created bow and arrow
bipeds
written language
morden humans
talk with voice
stopped migrating
communication
art
sculptures
fire
sense of community -
1805: Rise of the Kingdom of Sumer
Approx. 2900 BCE
Stable food suply
some say mean some say nice
governmant
stable food supply
irrigation system -
The Epic of Gilgamesh
Not known of exact date
Written on tablets
tells the story about the journey of gilgamesh
how he faces gods
kill shamsh and the bull of heaven
talks about how things came to be
why snakes shed their skin.
gil ruled
gilgamesh taked to gods -
Abraham
19000bce
jewish
judisim
temple
torah has 5 sections
took routes
talked to god
caann
hero -
Hammurabi's code
1792-1750bce
unfair
unjust
many codes
eye for an eye
hammurabi gave his codes to the ruler
he was destined to be ruler
he could talk to gods -
Joseph goes to Egypt and the Israelites follow
Approx. 1700-1280 BCE
joseph is a very imporant man in many religions
goes to egypt
needs to talk to god
he is told by god to go to egypt -
Moses, the Exodus from Egypt, and the Ten Commandments
Approx. 1280-1240 BCE
in ten commandments god is speaking
talk about how you should behave
not punishments
moses separated the watrer -
The Time of the Judges/The Time Before Kings
Approx. the middle of the 13th century to the middle of the 11th century BCE
Deborah was most famous for being a female judge.
She was only female judge mentioned
she had many talents
women or wisdom
followed gods commands
ruth:
widow
many died in her li like two sons
then married boaz -
The Reign of David
Approx. 1013-973 BCE
second king
40 years as ruler
began life as a shepard
Samuel told hi to become king
succesful in battle -
Elijah
Approx. 875-853 BCE
famous prophet
northern kingdon of isreal
wonder-worker -
Indus Valley Civilizations
2000BCE
craftsmanship
agriculture
religious life
artifacts tell story of civilization
ritual bathing- huge water tank for public bathing
terra-cotta figurines
small ceramic statuettes were depictions of pregnant women, "mother goddesses."
she represents fertility and strenght
ceramic seals represent religion such as a bull
water is sacred to hindus -
The Aryan Invasion and the Vedas
1700 BCE
invasion of the Aryan tribes aroound 1700BCE.Aryans were powerful so they conquered whoever they wanted
aryans were not argicultureal people so they crafted bronze weaponary.aryans only worrshipped male gods.
the god they worshipped was sky father.VEDAS- worlds oldest writing system.four scriptures: the Rig-Veda, the Yajur Veda, the Sama-Veda, and the Atharva-Veda. Rig-Veda, a collection of hymns date back to 5000BCE.vedic is for realigion and worship.VEdas were memorzied. sanskrit -
The Ascetics and the Upanishads
700-500BCE
mirgrated to Ganges Vally
caste system helps shape society
The ascetic was a person dedicated to a life of spiritual austerity and self-discipline. living in forest w/ others.
then came the Upanishads. means "sitting beside"
is much like vedas writng. they did fire rituals.
The atman is a person's soul which must return to Brahman, the universal soul -
1815: Siege of Jerusalem
leaders of te commonwealth of judah attacked
jereman tells king the only way to save his family's spare jerusalem from destruction
zedekians sons murdered in front of him
ethiopian servant of the king saved the prophet
antagonize
suicial revolt was the prophet jeremiah
exile