HIST-UA 105 Lecture Notes - Book Of Deuteronomy
27 May 2014
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Complex societies arises in western world around 3000 bce. 4- ruler stand head of vast bureaucracy: main goals: maintain irrigation systems, flood regulation, forced labor directed by bureaucracy to build irrigation system. South- egyptians: area in between levant: often fought over under control of one group either. Babylonians/ assyrians or egyptians: canaan- first mention of israelites on egypt. Assyrians and brings their religious beliefs: threat to the unity of the israelites and their religion. King hezekiah rules judah (715 bce: commissions stories on israelites. Israelites- benefit as his people, meet these obligations bless by yahweh: not met punished by yahweh. Josiah dies southern kingdom foreign rule again: babylonians upper hand over assyrians in mesopotamia. 539-333 bce : work on holy texts, parts reworked, cut off, added part: holy texts legitimized rule of the priests. 332 bce persian rule end: alexander the great conquers after he dies general divide land, area of israelites fought over.
