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Chapter 1 and Gilgamesh Flashcards

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Gilgamesh

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  • King of Uruk
  • traveled with enkidu
  • Conflicting character
  • heroic/courageous - defeated humbaba, bull of heaven, and made it through the tunnel to Utnapishtim
  • becomes a better person as the book goes on and he goes on adventures
  • searching for eternal life
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Enkidu

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  • created by Aruru to help Gilgamesh be less of a tyrant
  • went on many adventures w/ Gilgamesh
  • Gilgamesh’s best friend
  • defeated humbaba and bull of heaven
  • killed off by the gods
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Ishtar

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  • Goddess of love and war
  • seen as a dark side/ bad
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Hero

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  • heroic qualities:
    - courage
    - bravery
    - respective
  • Gilgamesh was a hero in many ways but was a villain in others
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Humbaba

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  • guardian of the cedar forest
  • wields a lot of power
  • defeated by Gilgamesh
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Utnapishtim

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  • a survivor of the flood
  • granted eternal life
  • helps Gilgamesh
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Natural selection

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  • the best people survive
  • “survival of the fittest”
  • better evolution
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Homo Ergaster

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  • earliest humans
  • originated in africa
  • 150,000 years ago
  • in 50,000 years they evolved into modern homo sapiens
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Blombos Caves

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  • had engravings and paintings
  • artifacts
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Homo

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  • root
  • man or human
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BC/BCE AD/CE

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before Christ
before common era
anono domini - after birth
common era

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Hominid

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  • east Africa
  • 4 million years ago
  • physical appearance changed + adapted
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Prehistory

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before written records

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History

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a methodical study of evidence of the human past
- has to be recorded evidence

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Archaeology

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study of past cultures + civilizations through artifacts
- archaeologists are crucial to the study of human societies existing before recorded history

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Culture

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  • norm a group follows
  • behavior of a group
  • traditions
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Historiography

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systematic study of history

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Civilization (defining characteristics)

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the stage of human social + cultural development and organizational that is considered most advanced
- technology
- agriculture
- religion

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Anthropology

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studies humans as a species instead of a special aspect of their activity

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Primary/secondary source

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primary source - first-hand or contemporary take of an event or topic
- artifacts, photos, videos,
speeches, letters/newspapers
secondary source - created later by someone who didn’t experience it firsthand
- encyclopedia, dictionary, article, biography, essay

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Paleoanthropology

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  • branch of anthropology
  • focused on development of early humans
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Paleolithic Age

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first tool-making <–> 10000 BCE
- humans inhabited all continents except Antarctica
- hunters and foragers –> life was not easy
- least warfare time

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Neanderthal Man

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  • closest ancient human relative (extinct)
    • in the homo family
  • first human group before actual humans (homo sapiens)
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Neolithic Age

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agriculture and livestock breeding
- breakthrough to more complex forms of society
- people started using agriculture more than hunting
- private property was dependent on food production

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Agricultural Revolution (C/E)

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New farming techniques and improved livestock breeding –> more food production
- better civilizations had more food

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Matriarchy

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a society/government ruled by women
- mother is the head of the family
- single parent family

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Patriarchy

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a society ruled by men
- father/oldest male is head of family
- men hold power
- women are excluded from it

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Catal Huyuk

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  • neanderthal city
  • settlement
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HOLOCENE ERA

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world shifted –> became warmer + drier
- humans settled near bodies of water
- population increased

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Venus/Aphrodite of Willendorf

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  • statue of goddess
  • symbolizes fertility
  • prosperity
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Division of labor/specialization

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  • each person has something to specialize in for agriculture
  • some farmed potatoes, some farmed fruit, etc
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Bronze Age

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  • everyone wanted bronze
  • using copper, but bronze was better
    • bronze was hard to get / expensive
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Iron Age

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  • 2nd metal “trend”
  • used in tools
  • much easier to get / more common
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Irrigation Civilizations- where, rivers?

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  • civilization by water for crops + agriculture
  • Mesopotamia + Egypt
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Surplus

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excess material/stuff

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Domesticate

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tame
- during agriculture revolution
- domesticated plants and animals

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Jared Diamond

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  • writer of the “Worst Mistake in the Human Race” essay
  • believed that agriculture was the wrong choice and humans should’ve stayed nomads/hunter-gatherers
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Agrarian civilization- trends

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  • primarily rural societies
    - villages + few cities
  • based on peasant agriculture + livestock breeding
    - relied on farming + hearding
  • ppl maintained life in balance with their natural environment
    - survival and abilities depend on
    understanding nature
  • religion was based heavily on gods and spirits that controlled their natural environment
    - humans relied on food - relied on
    spirit to help with food quantity
  • their religion emphasized ritual and sacrifice as ways to control the deities and trying to interpret their will
    - rituals to gods to win better
    farming conditions
  • relied on religious specialists to communicate with the gods
  • they believed time to be cyclic
  • their social values emphasized kinship + the clan
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Genomics and Human Migration

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analysis of genomic data (Modern or Ancient)
- how genetics were mixed among various groups

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Genetic markers

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  • scientists can trace back to generations when the mutation occurred
    - tracing back further and further –> scientists had discovered a human race
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chromosomes

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XX = female
XY = male
define and determine genetics

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DNA testing/types

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A,T,C, and G
DNA tests and scientists can see genetics

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Do the themes of the Epic of Gilgamesh have connections to today

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  • bravery (beasts)
  • greed and success (immortality)
  • friendship (Enkidu)
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Does the Epic of Gilgamesh demonstrate that ancient Mesopotamians respected women

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yes
- fertility
- goddess had a lot of power
- Gilgamesh valued women’s opinions

Ancient History (H) (2 decks)

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