HIST 1001 Lecture : Week 3 Notes
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Week 3: hebrews and hittites: beliefs, history, beginning evidence, divided monarchy, israel and judah, hebrews. No longer have massive ziggurats, temples, or pyramids; instead have survived religious writings. Monolatry => worship of one god, but not denying that other gods exist. Monotheism => only worshipping one god and believing there is one god. Many historical accounts, laws, registrations, and poetry. Founder was abraham who was originally from mesopotamia. Have a linear notion of history; beginning time and an end time. In 1000 bc the conquest of jerusalem began and kingship began. In jerusalem, a temple to yahweh was built; no depiction of the god. Hebrew civilization splits in two: the nation of israel and judah. Assyrians destroy kingdom of israel in 721 bc. Chaldaean babylonians destroy kingdom of judah in 587 bc. Many jews taken back to mesopotamia as slaves: the beginning of the civilization. Mesopotamians that migrated to anatolia (modern day turkey)
