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Civ IN- History of Civilization I Preparation Sheet for First Midterm Exam I) Reading- Chapters 1-3 in Spielvogel, targeted reading of Chapter 4 II) IDs: Lecture 1B- Prehistory I) Evolution (?) II) Paleolithic Age III) Neolithic Age IDs: Literalism Evolution fides et ratio oldest findings homonids Fire hunter/gatherer tools Ancestor worship Neanderthal Cromagnon Agricultural Revolution Surplus Urban Revolution Lecture 1C- Early Civilizations I) Basic criteria IDs: Urban revolution River plains societies irrigation Elemental gods human mortality Specialization Lecture 2A- Mesopotamia I) Mesopotamian Cities II) Sumerian Empires IDs: Fertile Crescent surplus Ziggurat Polytheism Inventories Cunieform Sumerian empires Tribute Pantheon Egyptian climate natural protection maat Pharoah Pyramids intermediate periods Foundations ethics Hyksos Egyptian empire General Crisis of the Ancient World Hammurabi Lecture 2B- Ancient Egypt I) Origins and Tone II) Three Kingdoms IDs: Lecture 2C- Ancient Hebrews I) Origins II) Exodus III) Empire IDs: Scriptural history documentary hypothesis Monolatry Monotheism Abraham Ishmael Isaac Sacrifice Decalogue Lecture 3A- The Rise of the Hebrews I) Exodus II) Empire IDs: Mt. Sinai Decalogue Covenant social justice Joshua reconquest Judges Kings Royal power David Solomon Prophets Israel Judah Lecture 3B- Exile and Diaspora I) II) Invasions and Exile Second Temple Judaism IDs: Assyrians “Lost Tribes” Diaspora Babylonian Captivity Synagogues Messiah Cyrus the Great Zoroastrianism Pharisees Talmud Sadducees Septuagint Zealots Masada Lecture 3C- Early Greece I) II) III) IDs: The Bronze Age (3500 BC-1200 BC) The Dark Age (1300-750 BC) The Iron Age (750-500 BC) Minoans Mycenaean Crisis of Ancient World Dark Ages Homer ethnos Oligarchy Polis Agora Alphabet Phalanx Hoplites Lecture 4A: Becoming Greek I) II) III) City States: Corinth, Sparta, Athens First Persian Invasion Second Persian Invasion IDs: Eunomia Helots Ekklesia Solon Peisistratus Barbarians Darius Miletus despotism Marathon Trireme Ostracism Xerxes Thermopyle Salamis Lecture 4B: The “Golden Age” of Athens I) Athenian Empire II) Athenian Thought IDs: Delian League Pericles Demagogue Peloponnesian Wars “survivors” Sophism Socrates Plato “The Forms” “The Cave” Herodotus Thucydides Sophocles Philip of Macedon Lecture 4C: Hellenism I) Alexander II) Hellenistic Empire IDs: Philip of Macedonia Alexander the Great Alexander’s heir Hellenistic cities “Koine” Hellenistic philosophy III) 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) What new elements did the Hebrews add to the religious understanding of the ancient times? 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) 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? 3) 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. 4) 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. 5) The Hebrew sacred scriptures and Homeric epics are two literary documents that also contain a wealth of historical information. How do their non-historical origins affect the issue of their historical “credibility”?
