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