Mesopotamia Etc
The adaptation of humans from hunter-gatherers to more domestic permanent dwellings sustained by true farming, was referred to in class as this major change.
What is the agricultural revolution?
Yahweh created these two things on the first day.
What is light and darkness?
Taking ‘the middle course’ was often viewed by the Greeks as the safest route; for by avoiding extremes, you can avoid the dangers of too much and too little.
What is the "Golden Mean"?
the location where only 300 Spartans fought the massive Persian army, holding them off for several days during the second campaign against Greece
What is Thermopylae?
These are two accusations for which Socrates was put on trial.
What is corrupting the Youth and dishonoring the city's gods?
This person started out as an enemy, but became fast friends with Gilgamesh after a wrestling match.
Who is Enkidu?
A repeated phrase in the book of Genesis used to denote that "these are the generations of."
What is "toledote"?
This was the governmental structure of the city of Corinth.
What is an Tyranny?
In the first campaign, what was the name of the town/location where the Persians were first defeated on land?
What is the Battle of Marathon?
Gyges took a magic ring from out the cleft in the ground, wherein he lifted it from a giant body he found laying inside of this.
What is a metal horse?
As presented in class, the portrayal of the gods in the Enuma Elish tends to support this sort of worldview.
What is chaotic?
These three men are known as "the Patriarchs" of the nation of Israel.
The S-Curve in a statue, created by the appearance that the statue is resting most of its weight on one foot.
What is contrapposto?
The sea-battle where Persia was finally defeated.
What is the Battle of Salamis? (near Athens)
This non material substance is traditionally portrayed by Socrates as a chariot with two horses.
What is the soul?
This civilization was known to deport conquered peoples and relocate them far from their homeland to northern Mesopotamia. They also were the first true military power.
Who are the Assyrians?
It was surprising that Abraham was given the promise of "many descendants" because he and his wife had been this.
What is childlessness (he did not have any children)?
A goddess born from the head of Zeus!
Who is Athena?
The people had been commanded to wipe out the peoples of Canaan. What major city did they first sack, by simply marching around it and yelling?
What is Jericho?
A cave with shadows was used by Socrates to portray prisoners with chains who were mistaken about what is real, in order to teach us about this.....
What is education and ignorance?
These 3 rivers gave nutrients to the ground, forming the backbone of the Fertile Crescent.
What are the Tigris, Euphrates and Nile?
This kingdom was exiled to Babylon for 70 years.
What the Northern Kingdom?
Agamemnon is a stereotypical example of a leader from this civilization.
Who are Mycenaeans?
An overly optimistic endevour, this epic attempt to set themselves up to take over the world, proved to be a dismal failure toward the end of the Pelopenesian War!
The study of HOW YOU KNOW something.
What is EPISTEMOLOGY.