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Part I: Source analysis[Two will be on the test. You need to do both. (4 points each)]
Instructions: Identify, place in historical context, and analyze what the following source reveals
1. Lascaux Cave Art
- Paleolithic era
- 17,000 years ago
- Includes paintings and engravings on the walls of the caves which show animals,
symbols, and human figures
- Animals: native to the region - horses, bison, mammoths, deer, lions, bears, etc.
2. Atrahasis
- Mesopotamian religion
- God required constant attention and pleasing from humanity
- Dim view of humanity
- Bleak afterlife
- Kings claimed to be ruling and serving on behalf of Gods
3. The Standard of Ur
- Mesopotamian object that shows scenes of peace and war
- Sumerian artifact
- Wooden box with mosaic of shell, red limestone, and lapis
, 4. Great Pyramid
- Egypt
- Built during the Old Kingdom (2500 BC)
- Not the first pyramids
- Build by Pharoah Khufu
5. Code of Hammurabi
- Babylonians (1700 BCE)
- Laws
- Hammurabi ruled Babylon: he is noted for his surviving set of laws
6. Hymn of Purusha
- Known as Purusha Sukta
- Evolution of the Cosmic Being
7. The Great Learning [Selection from Chinese Philosophy]
- China
- “Hundred Schools of Thought” - one of the most significant Confucianism
- The Great Learning was one of the Four Books in Confucianism
- Guide for moral self-cultivation
8. The Discobolus
- During the Classical Period
- Greek sculptor Myron created a discus thrower sculpted in bronze
- The statue depicts an athlete in the moment before releasing the discus
- Greek ideas of balance and rhythm
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