Gilgamesh - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Late Bronze age (Mycenaean Age)() - Mycenae takes over Crete, destroyed Knossos, and becomes central power in 1450. Early Dark Age(1250-900): - -Mycenae was destroyed, which resulted in cultural and literary decline. -Then mainland Greeks resettle in Ionia, Dorians take over. -1250 marks Trojan war. Late Dark Age (900-750): - -Population growth and new trade. -800-Greek alphabet, 776-First Olympic Games 700- Greeks settle in Magna Graecia, S. Italy (Siciliy) Archaic (750-480) - -Rise of ...

The Epic of Gilgamesh

Bronze Age 3000 B.C.; started in Sumer; time when people started to make tools and weapons out of Bronze rather than copper or stone Iron Age 1500 BC Neolithic Era New Stone Age, 6,000 years ago Results: Growing populations, job specialization, new technology, extensive governments, competition for resources, creation of social classes When did humans first appear? 200,000 BCE-100,000 BCE When did humans start moving to other continents? 100,000-60,000 years ago 3 Sources of History ...

Civilization correct answers A complex culture in which large numbers of human beings share a variety of common elements. Four Basic Characteristics: 1- An urban focus 2- A distinct religious structure 3-New political and military structure 4- A new social structure based on economic power 5- New forms of significant artistic and intellectual activities Mesopotamia correct answers Who: Sumerians Four major classes: 1- Royal & priestly officials 2- Dependent Commoners 3- Free Co...

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What are the 6 characteristics of civilized societies and of "civilization"? correct answers 1. Urban life--cities. 2. System of government 3. Social classes, wealth, and occupation. 4. Tools and specialized skills for the production of goods, leads to the rise of trade and manufacturing. 5. Some from of written communication. 6. A shared system of religious beliefs. Which of these can be found also in lesser-developed human societies? correct answers Mesopotamia--a story of a succes...

The Epic of Gilgamesh

What does Odysseus give to Troy? (Sack of Troy) - Answer-trojan horse - dedication to their gods entrance to Mycenae - Answer-lion gates palace with real king, heavily fortified (25 ft thick wall), most powerful Bronze Age palace - AnswerMycenae Why is the royal cemetery located inside Mycenae palace walls? - Answer-kings are important and rich allows greek army to sneak into gates of Troy and destroy them - Answer-What is Odysseus plan with the trojan horse? family curse - Answer-Mask Of...

ancient Egyptian civilization CORRECT ANSWER centered around Nile river, and "oasis in the desert," nile allowed for irrigation, transportation, trade, etc., sort-of sharecropping system (king "owned" all the land, others delegated it, lower sorts worked and paid portion of their crops to the king/official, foreign slaves usually, notable labor force and technical advancements result in the pyramids and other monuments, women had near-equal legal status to men social heirarchy: gods, the ...