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| First king in Dynasty One |
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formerly known Amunhatep
Amun-Re
Re:sun diety
worships Aton: sun god |
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derived from Amurru
"westerner"
2000 BC
West Semites
Babylon Dynasty of Hammurabi |
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scribe during the New Kingdom
wrote the scroll of Ani (book of the dead) |
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shows admin power
taking of a human life for supernatural purposes or for the deceased
bury someone in order to serve in the Afterlife
in Egypt Aha's 1st Dynasty |
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defeated by Hittites in 1600
Hammurabi's Amorite Dynasty |
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most sacred book
78 feet, longest scroll
helped Egyptians form rituals for the Afterlife |
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| mixture of copper and tin |
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man who found the Book of the Dead
pretty much took it
wrote many books about ancient Egypt
found similarities between the Bible and Book of the Dead |
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the promise land
southern Levant
Israel/Palestine |
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complex society
7000 BCE
urban planning
social hierarchy
specialized skills |
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Copper Stone Age
advanced metallurgy
use of copper: weapons, ritual objects, tools |
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books of the Hebrews
Old Testament written through Moses
Mt Sinai
contract
are the 10 commandments
constructed monotheism
includes Deuteranamy with the blessings and curses |
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middle of Rosetta Stone
popular
cursive script |
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| southern river of mesopotamia |
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king of Uruk
Epic of Gilgamesh
talked to gods (noah) |
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481 ft high
2.3 million blocks |
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"my father is an Amorite"
wrote rules |
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expedition to Punt: brought baboons & Myrrh Plants
tried to rule as pharaoh:
rule in a man's world
patriarchy (look like a man) |
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people
language
Hebrew Bible: 39 Books Old Testament/Covenant
12 sons of Abraham became these people |
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priestly
more simplified writing |
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"holy writing"
most elaborate pictographic style
top of the Rosetta Stone |
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had spoke-wheeled chariots
had Iron technology
began in 1600 BC
Indo-European language
adopted cuneiform |
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2nd intermediate period
time of disunity (3 Dynasties)
military technology: chariots & bronze weapons
Amorites
Egypt; one of which called the Hyksos Dynasty |
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a family of languages from India, Iran, and Europe that share common features
the people come from nomads:
domesticated horses (transport and warfare) |
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forging made it stronger
new technology for Hittites |
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"one who strives with God"
Jacob's other name
Victory stele has earliest known reference outside the Bible |
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complex society
earliest city in the world (10,000 years old)
tower
used for protection for elements or people
used for religious regions
a notion
Joshua leads the spies here (he is 1 of 2 important ones) |
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battle between Hittites and Egyptians
Hittites won
relates to power struggle over control of the Levant |
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| one of the largest archaeological sites in ancient Nubia |
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Snefru's song
build Great Pyramid of Giza |
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area of Nubia
one of the areas of conquest in the New Kingdom |
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unifier of Upper and Lower Egypt
also known as: ?
(Narmer & Aha) |
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King went on a campaign about 1207
conquered 3 cities and a group of people in Canaan |
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"between the rivers"
Tigris and Euphrates |
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god spoke to him
prominent Egyptian born of Hebrew stock, in the Exodus |
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hundreds of copper objects discovered in a cave
near the Dead Sea
objects used at Ein Gedi Temple |
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| Last king in Dynasty Zero |
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advent of farming an herding
domestic pottery first appeared
materials: stone, bone, wood, leather
"New Stone Age"
transition from hunter-gatherer to farmer-herder
Agriculture Revolution |
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| a gift because of the flooding for Egyptians |
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| cosmetic palette buried in Egypt with scenes of this certain king in the process of unifying Egypt |
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main group of the Sea Peoples
settled in the southern part of the Levant |
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Semitic-speaking people in modern-day Mediterranean coast
sea-trade at sea-ports
built bomb ass ships
wrote writing system that was super simple with 22 symbols
Greeks eventually added vowels |
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establishes a peach treaty
longest ruler in Egypt (67 years) |
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used to decipher Egyptian hieroglyphics and demotic
discovered due to Napoleons campaign (1798-1799 AD) |
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responsible for the destruction of the Hittite Empire
from Aegean World (Greece)
Driven out
migrated & attempted to conquer Egypt
conquered Hittites
5 groups: main being Philistines |
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mummy-like figurine buried with tomb occupant(s)
buried with: pictures & tomb models
replaced attendant sacrifice |
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first empire builder
conquered city-states from Persian Sea to Mediterranean Sea |
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a boat buried next to Khufu's tomb
sailed for his pleasure |
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3200-2350
earliest civilization of the world
organized according to city-state |
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arabic for "ruin"
ancient ruin with occupational layers |
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| northern river of mesopotamia |
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city-state with queen Pu Abi
excavated by Wholley |
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excavator of Ur
1800 tombs
16 of which were royal tombs |
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first pyramid builder
his pyramid was stepped and 204 ft high |
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| dating of strata based upon changed in pottery styles |
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urban center that controls the agricultural area and villages around it
controlled by monarchs |
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writing system
extensive trade network
massive public works
advanced technology
advanced administration |
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| have a social hierarchy and specialized skills |
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"wedge shaped"
Uruk: 3400
line drawing
started pictographic |
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precious stone
Badakshan Region
1600 BC
took 6 months to obtain |
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believe in one God
possibly came from Aton (sun god) |
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| believing in more than one god |
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massive brick towers that ascended upwards in a series of tiers, typically topped by shrines that could be used for religious ceremonies
Built in Sumerian cities |
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