45: Son of David
Who is Dagon?
Dagon was the chief god of Philistines. Dagon was a fish-god, which reflected the Aegean seafaring roots of the Philistine people.
a prophet of Israel who escaped Jezebel’s attempts to assassinate him. Elijah anointed Jehu to be God’s choice as the next king of Israel, and gave him divine permission to assassinate Ahab, Jezebel, and the entire royal house.
Elijah
the center of the southern Greek peninsula called the Peloponnese, was home to the surviving remnants of Mycenaean civilization.
Arcadia
Numitor
Numitor was the king of two Latin towns, Lavinium and Alba Longa. Numitor was forced into exile by his younger brother, Amulius.
Kar Assur
meaning “Wall of Assur,” was a city located to the north of Babylon, just under the Assyrian border. Ostensibly this city was to help protect Babylon against nomads trying to infiltrate Nabonassar’s land, but in reality it became an Assyrian outpost in Babylonia.
Explain Solomon’s ruling style from David’s
Unlike David, who was a charismatic leader who wasn’t afraid to get his hands dirty, Solomon was business-oriented, concerned only with turning Israel into a cushy and well-organized empire.
Black Obelisk
Shalmaneser III’s victory monument, commemorating his triumph over Israel. On it, dozens of conquered kings come with tribute for Shalmaneser; on the second panel of one side, Jehu of Israel touches his forehead to the ground before Shalmaneser, the first Assyrian king to enter Israel.
Who were the Ionians?
The Ionians were a culture of people made up of migrating Mycenaean Greeks who sailed across the Aegean Sea over to the coast of Asia Minor. The mixture of Mycenaean and Asian language and ways resulted in a distinctive Ionian culture.
What does “pan-Hellenic” mean?
“Pan-Hellenic” is the term for a site that belonged not just to the nearest Greek city, but to all speakers of Greek. An example of pan-Hellenism is the oracle at Delphi
– the shrine attracted distant Greek visitors, all of whom sought guidance from the gods.
took the throne of Babylon at the same time that Tiglath-Pileser III came to Assyria’s throne. Nabonassar and Tiglath-Pileser III became allies, and remained at peace
Nabonassar
The Pentapolis
...the alliance of five powerful cities that grew from settlements of scattered Sea People in the Western Semitic lands: Gaza, Ashkelon, Ashdod, Gath and Ekron. The Egyptians called this alliance the Peleset; AKA the Philistines.
Why did Ahab choose to worship Baal, chief god of the Phoenicians?
Worshipping Baal would have won Ahab the friendship not only of Tyre and Byblos, but also the cities that lay between Israel and the advancing Assyrian front.
nomadic peoples wandering all along the north of the Zagros mountains, acted as a buffer against Elamite power for the Assyrian kingdom.
The Mada, later called Medes by Greeks
Romulus/Remus
Remus and Romulus were the twin sons of Numitor’s daughter Rhea Silvia. After surviving a murder attempt made by Amulius, they wanted to pay homage to their survival by founding a new settlement where they had been left to drown as infants. However, the twins could not decide who would be the ruler of this new settlement.
Their conflict lead to a battle, in which Remus was killed. The newly built city was named after Romulus, who fortified the Palatine hill and made it the center of his new city of Rome.
Syria
Aramaean kingdom that had its capital at Damascus. When Shalmaneser IV ruled Assyria, the Syrians posed a great threat to Assyria’s borders.
From where did the Philistines borrow their culture? What archaeological evidence supports this theory?
The Philistines borrowed their culture from the Mycenaeans and the Egyptians.
Philistine pottery was Mycenaean in style. The Philistines buried their dead in coffins carved to look like Egyptian sarcophagi decorated with meaningless hieroglyphs.
What is the Monolith Inscription?
an inscription in which Shalmaneser III declared victory over Ahab and his allied troops. However, Assyrian reliefs depict enemy soldiers charging over the bodies of the Assyrian dead, suggesting Shalmaneser was not as successful as he claimed to be
Who is Homer?
Homer was the composer of the poems the Iliad and the Odyssey. Some people think Homer was a single genius, while others think “Homer” was the single pen-name for a school of poets. He was an Ionian that came either from the Asia Minor city of Smyrna, or from the island of Chios just off the Ionian coast.
As Greek cities grew, more metal, stone, grain and pastureland was needed. What was formed to help Greeks barter for more metal and stone, and to farm new land for grains and livestock?
Colonies and trading posts.
Historical evidence suggests that Midas did a great deal of trade with the Ionian cities
Historical narratives tell us that Midas dedicated his wagon
to Zeus just after he was made king, and that Midas married a Greek woman from Cyme.
Also, according to Herodotus, Midas sent an offering to the oracle at Delphi. These stories reveal that the Phrygians had a lot of contact with the Greeks, and presumably did a great deal of trade with Ionian cities on the Asia Minor coast.
Who were the Phoenicians? What united the Phoenicians? What type of trade did the Phoenicians control?
The Phoenicians were a particular mix of Western Semites and people of Aegean descent that resided in Tyre, Sidon and Byblos.
The Phoenicians were united by a common culture and language.
The Phoenicians controlled the trade of cedar logs, sent abroad to Egypt, Israel and even father away.
Who is Joram?
Joram, son of Ahab, tried to conquer Ramoth-Gilead after his father’s first attempt, and was also unsuccessful. Shortly after returning to Jezreel to recover from a battle wound, Joram was killed by Jehu.
A writing structure where the poet gives himself a convenient mental anchor for an episode, attributed to the unification of three Greek regions.
Ring Composition. Perfected by Homer.
Lavinium/Alba Longa
Numitor was the king of these two cities on the Italian peninsula. Lavinium was the first and older town. Alba Longa was a colony for Lavinium.
He was the grandfather of Remus and Romulus, the quarrelling sons who founded Rome.
How did Midas come to be king of Phrygia?
According to legend, the Phrygian people asked an oracle who should become their king; the oracle answered that the first man who drove up in a wagon was the divine choice, whereupon a farmer named Midas came into sight, riding a wagon. He was at once crowned king