How to Study History
A writer, student, or scholar of history.
What is a historian?
First man created by God to be in relationship with God and take care of God's creation, but his sin led to death in the world and separated us from God.
Who is Adam?
-EARLIEST FORM OF WRITTEN LANGUAGE
-created by the Sumerians using symbols
-written on a clay tablet with a stylus/reed.
What is cuneiform?
-Important RIVERS in the MIDDLE EAST contributed to the establishment of early civilization in the FERTILE CRESCENT
What are the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
Became PHARAOH AT AGE 9, died at 19, amazing tomb and solid gold coffin discovered in 1922 by Howard Carter.
Who is Tutankhamen (1647 BC)?
The systematic study of past human life and culture by the recovery and examination of remaining material evidence, such as graves, buildings, tools, and pottery.
What is archaeology?
First woman created by God to be in relationship with God and help Adam take care of God's creation, but her sin led to death in the world and separated us from God.
Who is Eve?
-Ancient REGION BETWEEN the TIGRIS & EUPHRATES Rivers, home of many early civilizations including the Sumerians.
What is Mesopotamia?
- CRESCENT SHAPED REGION in the Middle East made fertile by the Tigris, Euphrates & Nile Rivers. It is often called the 'CRADLE OF CIVILIZATION' because the fertile soils helped people establish the 1st civilized societies.
What is the fertile crescent?
18th Dynasty PHARAOH who changed his name to AKHENATEN, stopped the worship of multiple gods and MADE ATEN THE ONLY GOD OF EGYPT, moved capitol city from Thebes to Akhenaton, wife was Nefertiti, encouraged naturalist art and literature.
Who was Amenhotep IV(1351 BC)?
An object produced or shaped by human craft, especially a tool, weapon, or ornament of archaeological or historical interest.
What is artifact?
Year's of Adam and Eve.
What is 5000-4000 BC?
-One of the EARLIEST CIVILIZATIONS in the world
-located in MESOPOTAMIA
-CREATED 1st WRITTEN LANGUAGE
Who were the Sumerians (~3200 BC)
-Traditionally accepted as the 1st PHARAOH OF EGYPT. United Upper & Lower Egypt, also known as Narmur.
Who was Menes (~3100 BC)?
-Ruled for 67 years, CLAIMED HE WAS GOD AMEN'S SON, built 100'S of temples and monuments, led the campaign against Hittites at the battle at Kadesh but eventually made peace.
Who is Ramses II (1289 BC)?
"Father of History" in Western culture. He was the first historian to collect his materials systematically, test their accuracy to a certain extent and arrange them in a well-constructed and vivid nature.
Who is Herodotus (484-425 BC?
Godly man chosen by God to build an ark to save making and land creatures from God's judgment of the world by a global flood.
Who was Noah?
EPIC POEM from Ancient Mesopotamia
-1st written work of LITERATURE about the search for
IMMORTALITY & a FLOOD, similar to Global FLOOD STORY in GENESIS
What is the Epic of Gilgamesh (2200 BC)?
-Egyptian river responsible for sustaining the Egyptian Empire because of the rich soil provided by flooding.
What is the Nile River?
1) QUEEN OF EGYPT WHO BECAME REGENT when brother/husband died and heir was too young. Oracle prophesied god Amen declared her the true king so she took the title of king & she wore the regalia of Pharaoh. Known for great monuments and buildings.
2) LAST QUEEN OF EGYPT, BECAME PHARAOH when brother/husband was killed, impacted Roman politics, married MARC ANTONY of Rome. Both committed suicide when Egypt was defeated by Rome.
1) Who was Hatshepsut (1490 BC)?
2) Who was Cleopatra (51 BC)?
-GREEK HISTORIAN
-AUTHOR of the History of the Peloponnesian War, which recounts the 5th century BC war between Sparta and Athens to the year 411 BC.
-dubbed the "FATHER OF SCIENTIFIC HISTORY" due to his strict standards of evidence-gathering and analysis in terms of cause and effect without reference to intervention by the gods.
Who is Thucydides?
The sign that God sends to remind us of his promise to Noah to never destroy the earth by a flood again.
What is a rainbow?
-Ancient civilization from TURKEY, after the Sumerians, that discovered how to CREATE IRON. Their use of IRON WEAPONS & HORSE DRAWN CHARIOTS made them the dominant civilization when they invaded Mesopotamia.
Who were the Hittites (1600 BC)?
1) known for the UNITING UPPER & LOWER EGYPT and the establishment of a CAPITAL city in MEMPHIS. This is the time when the GREAT PYRAMIDS & SPHINX were built.
2) Time when EGYPTIAN CIVILIZATION REACHED GREAT HEIGHTS. Engineering projects: DITCHES & CANALS were built. Egypt was conquered by invaders but then recovered.
3) ERA also called the EMPIRE. CAPITAL was THEBES. Egypt conquered many areas during this time but began to decline.
1) What is the Old Kingdom (2700-2200 BC)?
2) What is the Middle Kingdom (2100-1800 BC)?
3) What is the New Kingdom (1600-1100 BC)?
-English Egyptologist whose discovery of the Valley of the Kings and King Tut's tomb in 1922 created great excitement about the archaeology of Egypt.
Who is Howard Carter?