Chapter 4 - Summer Reading Flashcards
1
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Paleolithic (summer reading)
A
Hunting Shamans Sky god Cave paintings "Dreamtime"
2
Q
Neolithic (summer reading)
A
Earth Mother Earth Agricultural revolution Death Women more important
3
Q
Early Civilizations
A
Masters of their own destiny
Change caused fear
New gods overtook old ones
True creativity demanded self-sacrifice
4
Q
Axial age
A
Chinese, Indians, Greeks, Jews Writing Tragedy drama Individual conscience and morality Beginning of religion Between order and chaos Environment impacts myths Gods more remote
5
Q
Post-Axial age
A
Judaism, Islam, Christianity
Myth status remains the same
6
Q
The Great Western Transformation
A
Reason
Science
