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Prep sheet for Civ I, First midterm exam Dr. Matt O’Brien Test date: Tuesday, February 9, 2010 Week One: Lecture 1A: Prehistory I) Evolution II) Paleolithic Age III) Neolithic Age IDs: Literalism homonids Ancestor worship Evolution Fire Neanderthal Lecture 1B: Neolithic Civilization I) Agricultural Revolution II) Urban Revolution IDs: Domestication river plain societies Irrigation Surplus Polytheism Priests Week Two: Lecture 2A:Mesopotamia I) Mesopotamian Cities II) Empire and Consolidation IDs: Irrigation elemental gods Pictographs Fertile Crescent Polytheism Cunieform Tribute Pantheon fides et ratio hunter/gatherer Cromagnon Pictographs elemental gods Surplus Ziggurat Sumerian empires Hammurabi Lecture 2B: Egypt I) Origins II) Old, Middle, and New Kingdoms IDs: Egyptian climate natural protection maat Pharoah Pyramids intermediate periods Foundations ethics Hyksos Egyptian empire General Crisis of the Ancient World Lecture 2C: Ancient Hebrews I) Origins II) Exodus III) Empire IDs: Scriptural history documentary hypothesis Monotheism Abraham Isaac Sacrifice Covenant Judges Lecture 3A: Later Hebrews I) Kings II) Invasions III) Diaspora IDs: Prophets Assyrians Synagogues Cyrus the Great Pharisees Zealots Social justice “Lost Tribes” messiah Zoroastrianism Sadducees Lecture 3B: Early Greece I) The Bronze Age (3500 BC-1200 BC) II) The Dark Age (1300-750 BC) III) The Iron Age (750-500 BC) IDs: Minoans Mycenaean Dark Ages Homer Oligarchy Polis Alphabet Phalanx Tyrants civic religion science Lecture 3C: Archaic City-States I) Poleis IDs: Periander Trade democracy Draco Ekklesia Peisistratus Monolatry Ishmael Decalogue kings Israel and Judah Babylonian Captivity Second Temple Judaism Free will Talmud Crisis of Ancient World ethnos Agora Hoplites Reason Helots Solon Lecture 4A: Becoming Greek I) First Persian Invasion II) Effects of 1st Victory IDs: Eunomia Barbarians Miletus despotism Marathon trireme Darius democracy ostracism Lecture 4B: The Rise and Fall of Athens I) The Second Persian Invasion II) Athenian Empire III) Athenian Thought IDs: Xerxes Thermopyle Delian League Pericles Peloponnesian Wars “survivors” Socrates Plato Salamis demagogue Sophistry “The Cave” Lecture 4C: Hellenism I) Alexander II) Hellenistic Empire IDs: Macedonia Hellenistic kingdoms Cynics Alexander the Great “Koine” Stoics Philip Hellenistic cities Epicurians II) Possible essay questions. I will select three of these five questions for the exam. You will have to answer one of them in a well-written, informative essay. 1) How important were the ancient Hebrews to religious understanding? Compare their ideas on religion with their predecessors and contemporaries, including Paleolithic and Neolithic peoples, the Mesopotamians, the Egyptians, the Canaanites, and the Zoroastrians. 2) Suffering is essential to the history of the ancient Hebrews. How did this make them different from their contemporaries? Discuss how the Hebrews derived meaning from their experiences during the Exodus, the Hebrew kingdoms, and the Babylonian Captivity. 3) Empires have had both positive and negative effects in human history. Discuss the Sumerian, Hebrew, Assyrian, Persian, and Hellenistic empires- which ones were the most beneficial and which ones were the most destructive? Why? 4) Democracy in ancient Greece offered great promise, although it also created serious problems. Describe the positive and negative development of democracy in Athens during the Archaic Period and the “Golden Age” of Athens. 5) Who contributed the most to Greek influence in the modern world: Homer, Pericles, Socrates, or Alexander? Discuss and compare the respective achievements of each person.
