Enkidu - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Ur : an early Sumerian city in ancient Mesopotamia Phoenicians : Located on eastern Mediterranean coast; invented the alphabet which used sounds rather than symbols like cuneiform King Scorpion : Predynastic Egyptian ruler Uruk : City representing Mesopotamian culture- existed from 4000 to 2900 BCE Weni 2 : Court official of 6th dynasty ancient Egypt. In tomb, Autobiography of Weni was discovered. Tell el-Amarna : Site of ruins/tombs of Akhetaton. Upper Egypt Enkidu : In the ep...

1. Akhenaten's experiment with Egyptian religion failed because A) its elaborate ritual was too confusing. B) the hated and corrupt priesthood endorsed it. C) it was imposed from above and failed to find a place among the people. D) it did not gain the support of the pharaoh. 2. Which of the following characterizes the idea of "Western" at the beginning of the twenty-first century? A) Christian, democratic, and advocating civil liberties B) Democratic, individualist, and militaristic ...

Unit Test Review- Epic Beginnings 2023 Read the excerpt from Gilgamesh: A New English Version. Gilgamesh climbed to the mountaintop, he poured out flour as an offering and said, "Mountain, bring me a favorable dream." Enkidu did the ritual for dreams, praying for a sign. A gust of wind passed. This excerpt is repeated several times. What effect does this repetition have on the epic? ~It shows that Gilgamesh is a courageous hero who seeks adventure. ~It shows that Gilgamesh...

Throughout the semester, we have been considering different ways of looking at a myth. The definition of myth, like the definition of culture, is something about which there is much disagreement as well as commonality. What is your own understanding of myth based on what you have learned during the session? (75 words) - correct answer Myths can be defined as follows: -typically a traditional sacred story -of anonymous authorship -of archetypal or universal significance -recounted in a...

CLA 210 Exam 1 Questions and Answers in order what are the major periods of civilization People Never Ever Bring More Liquor Even Dark Liquor Always Clinging Hellishly Rancid Paleolithic (beginning) Neolithic (farming settlements) Early Bronze (social ranking) Middle Bronze (Linear A) Late Bronze (Linear B-Mycenae) Early Dark/Iron (Mycenae destroyed) Late dark/Iron (Greek alphabet) Archaic (rise of city states) Classical (rise of culture/literature) Hellenistic (Greece is torn after ...

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Late Bronze age (Mycenaean Age)(1600-1150) 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...

in order what are the major periods of civilization People Never Ever Bring More Liquor Even Dark Liquor Always Clinging Hellishly Rancid Paleolithic (beginning) Neolithic (farming settlements) Early Bronze (social ranking) Middle Bronze (Linear A) Late Bronze (Linear B-Mycenae) Early Dark/Iron (Mycenae destroyed) Late dark/Iron (Greek alphabet) Archaic (rise of city states) Classical (rise of culture/literature) Hellenistic (Greece is torn after Alexander the Great dies) Roman (Rome...

Prose Edda An extensive collection of Scandinavian literature written down from oral tradition by Snorre Sturlason in the 13th century. Ymir (Norse mythology) the primeval giant slain by Odin and his brothers and from whose body they created the world: the sea from his blood Odin (Norse mythology) ruler of the Aesir Thor (Norse mythology) god of thunder and rain and farming Loki (Norse mythology) trickster Balder (Norse mythology) god of light and peace a...

RS Section Midterm Terms correct and verified A+RS Section Midterm Terms correct and verified A+ cemetery - correct answers-Koime- terion- "sleeping place" Gilgamesh - correct answers-King of Uruk Cuneiform - correct answers-cone-wedged shape, earlier human scripts Ziggurat - correct answers-the walls that Gilgamesh built in his city Utanapishtim - correct answers-Survivor of Mesopotamian Great Flood, granted immortality by the gods. Gives Gilgamesh two chances to become immortal....