Exam 1 Flashcards
Why did the mesopotamians invent writing
They needed to keep records. They were big traders and needed to track orders and shipments. They also relied heavily on the Tigris and Euphrates rivers and needed to keep track of their flooding to save food, shelters, animals, and lives
Describe the Mesopotamian gods and their relation ship with humans
The people were servants of the gods but had a constant search for the meaning of life. The gods could be nice or destructive. They either supplied your town with a good harvest or got angry and wiped it away with floods. Humans literally need the gods for survival
What is the key difference between hammurabis laws 196,198 and 199
The key difference is the stunts and value of the individuals involved. In law 196 the penalty is higher because the injured party is worth more. In law 198 the cost is a middle cost because the man is of a middle cast. In law 199 a slave is hurt and the penalty is not very much
What conclusion can you draw about Mesopotamian society from reading hammurabis code
The society was very structured. There was also a class system and a gender divide.
In what ways can scholars recognize the different writers of the Hebrew bible
You can tell the different writers of the Hebrew bible by the words they used and what they wrote about. J wrote genesis and Abrahams story and he used the abbreviation yhwh to stand for God. E also wrote genesis and wrote based on oral tradition. D wrote about Hebrew failures . P wrote about priestly ordinances and was after the fall of Jerusalem
Why are David and Solomon so important to Hebrew history
David is important because he United Judah and Israel and helped them become the most powerful people in the Middle East. He also brought back the arch of the covenant.
Solomon took over from David and built the Jerusalem temple
Compare Hammurabi 209-14 with exodus 21:22-27. What is the main difference between the treatment of slaves
In both readings a slave is worth significantly less than a citizen .however the slaves are with different amounts. The slave is worth less as a human in hammurabis code. The repayment goes towards the slaves master where in exodus the slave is more human because the repayment goes directly to the slave. Property vs person
Compare Hammurabi 196-99 with exodus 21:22-25
The readings are similar in that they have the same punishment for the crime committed. However in exodus there is more detail and the people have involved like slaves and women have more value though still as not much as a free man
What were the sins David committed
David commits adultery, murder, lieing,
What did David do to cover up his crimes
David used Joab to give the orders to be close to the wall and then blamed Joab for putting Uriah there. He also quickly married Bathsheba to cover up the pregnancy
What three punishments did God impose on David? Why did go choose these punishments?
God imposed the death of his son, the transfer of his wife to another man in broad daylight, brings trouble into the family. I think God chose these punishments because they mirror David’s actions
What are the various things that anger God, according the Jeremiah?
God is angered that the people don’t respects him, they aren’t thankful for his gifts, they don’t appreciate him or fear him, they break his commandments and take everything for granted.
What is an example from Jeremiah that God is loving, God demand people act justly, and God acts to improve through history
God is loving because he forgives people
God Demands people act justly because he wants to have vengeance upon people who do not act justly
God works through history because he restarts his covenant and wants to start again
How did the Minoans become so rich and powerful?
The Minoans became powerful through trade. Their ships carried Egyptian wheat, Greek olive oil and wine, Palestine metalwork. Anatolian textiles, and Babylonian spices
What were the social consequences of the phalanx
There was a new emphasis on exercise and health as well as the muscular male body. The value of the commoner who had to fight rose and the society became more interdependent and trusting of one another.
What did the Ionian philosophers contribute to history
The Ionian philosophers contributed the systemic action of everyday observations. They started the stress of making sense and order of the world around us. They also introduce the conservation of matter and the idea of elements
- mutability of the physical world
What was the role of tyrants in the development of Greek democracy.
Tyrants showed that limited time in power was a good thing-creating the idea of terms. The tyrant Celestine also invented the idea of a representative for different areas of the polis. Created the assembly where most males could be involved in politics
