HIST 101 Lecture 1: Early Civilization
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Weaknesses: both phonetic (sound) and semantic (concept) as it evolves, evolution allows development of stories. Phoenician alphabet: first alphabet system, 24 letters. Princess enheduanna: world"s oldest known author, works in cuneiform, religious writings of mesopotamia, who is she, daughter of ruler who united mesopotamia, high-priestess, most known work = the exhaltation of inanna. Value of stories: what was written shows most important aspects of society. From city-state to territorial state: controlled greater landmass & many cities, control by ruler, bureaucracy, and officials, existed from western iran to the aegean and black sea to egypt. Minoan crete: background to greece: rich oral traditions, literature of homer, the fall of troy, travels of odysseus, king minos, labyrinth & minotaur, king augeus sent theseus to kill minotaur. Vii: in 1895, sir arthur evans excavated palace of knossos. Laws of manu, written c 200 bce: one of oldest written codes of law in asia, marriage, bride is purchased.
