Review – Test 1
Review• Mesopotamia• Sumer
– First Civilization– Technology
• Writing– Cuneiform
• Mathematics– “Sexagesimal”
• Sumer: Early Dynastic Period– Lugals– Sumerian Religion
• Polytheism• Ziggurat
– The Epic of Gilgamesh• First Great Literary Work• Epic Poem
• Egypt – Upper & Lower Egypt
• Narmer (Menes) – Fist Pharaoh – 3100 BC
– Egyptian Calendar– Writing
• Hieroglyphics & Heriatic
– The Old Kingdom• Height of Culture• Djoser
– The Step Pyramid / Pyramid of Djoser
• Khufu (Cheops)– Great Pyramid at Giza
• Egyptian Religion– Ra (Re)– The god Pharaoh– Ma’at
Review
• Indus Valley– Mohenjo-Daro– Harappa
• The Akkadians– Sargon I - Circa 2350 BC– Akkadian Empire –First
Empire
– First Intermediate Period (Civil War)• Cause?• Distribution of Wealth
and Culture
– Middle Kingdom of Egypt• Mentuhotep II• Expansion & Trade• Nubia / Kush
Review
• Third Dynasty of Ur– Code of Ur Nammu
• Hittites – “Hatti”– Asia Minor (Anatolia)– Chariots– Iron Tools / Weapons
• Minoans– King Minos – Legends– Crete– Linear A - Language– Proto-Greeks?
• Old Babylonian Empire– Hammurabi
• Religion – Marduk• The Code of Hammurabi
• China– Shang Dynasty
• Egypt– Second Intermediate
Period• Hyksos Invasion
• India– Caste System– Hinduism
• Reincarnation• Karma• Dharma• Moksha
• The Mitanni– Northern Syria– Light Chariot– Hittites & Egypt
• Egypt - The New Kingdom– Early 18th Dynasty
• Ahmose I• Hatshepsut• Thutmose III
– Religion• Amon-Ra
– 18th Dynasty & Religion• Amenhotep IV / Akhenaton• Aten
– Monotheism?• Tutankaten / Tutankhamen
Review
• 19th Dynasty– Ramses II
• Territorial Height
– Battle of Kadesh• Egypt v. Hittites
• Mycenaeans– Indo-European– Conquered Minoans– Linear B– Collapse
• Greek Dark Age– Dark Age & Heroic Age– Homer
• Iliad• Odyssey
– Hesiod• Theogony
• Collapse of Empires– The Sea Peoples
• Egypt– Third Intermediate Period
• Kushite Control
Review
• Phoenicia– Tyre, Sidon, and Byblos– Trade
• Dyes• Cedar Trees • Iron
– Colonization - Carthage– Phoenician Alphabet
• Philistia / Philistines– Reputation– Military– Metal smithing
• Hebrews– Old Testament / Tanakh
• Torah – The Law• Nevi'im – The Prophets• Ketuvim – The Writings
– Abraham– Moses & the Exodus
• Kingdom of Israel– David - Jerusalem– Solomon - Solomon’s
Temple
Review
• The Divided Kingdom– Israel
• Cosmopolitan• Samaria• Phoenician Alliance• Assyrian Conquest
– Judah• Isolation• Jerusalem• Religion• Babylonian Conquest
• Greece– The Archaic Age– The Polis – City-state– Government
• Monarchy• Tyranny• Oligarchy• Democracy
– Colonization
Review
– Sparta• Messenian Wars• Helots / Helotry• Oligarchy
– Athens• Solon - Constitution• Cleisthenes
– Democracy» Ekklesia» Boule» Deme» Ostracism
• China– Zhou Dynasty
• Mandate of Heaven• Silk• History & Poetry
• Neo-Assyrian Period– Assurbanipal– Assyrian Military– Capitals
• Assur (Ashur)• Nineveh
– Relief Sculpture
Review
• Chaldean / Neo-Babylonian Empire– Nabopolassar
• Rebellion against the Assyrians
– Battle of Carchemish• Assyria & Egypt• Medes & Chaldeans
– Nebuchadnezzar - Greatest Height• Hanging Gardens
– Nabonidus
• Persian Empire– Cyrus the Great
• Conquests• Persian Subjects - Local
laws and Customs– Croesus - King of Lydia– Jews
– Cambyses• Egypt
– Darius I• Greatest Height
Review• Paganism
– Greece– Polytheism– Ritual vs. Belief
• Zoroastrianism– Persia– Dualism– Zoroaster / Zarathustra– Ahura Mazda– Ahriman/Angra Mainyu– Magi - Priests– Avesta - scriptures– Free Will
• Hebrews / Judaism– Monotheism– The Name of God
• Yahweh• Adonai - Lord
– Polytheism v. Monotheism– The Covenant– Ethics & Worship– Babylonian Captivity & After
• World Religion - Judaism• Universal• Omnipotent• Omniscient• Free Will
Format:• 26 Multiple Choice• 5 True/False• 2 Short ID• 1 Chronology• 1 Essay
Possible Short IDs and Essays
• Short IDs will come from Rulers
• Possible Rulers:– Ramses II– Hatshepsut– Akhenaton– Hammurabi– Nebuchadnezzar– Darius I
• Essay Question will come from Iron Age Religion:
• Possible Topics:– Buddhism– Confucianism– Paganism– Judaism