CLAA05H3 Midterm: CLAA05 Midterm Review
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Lecture 1: myth traditional or legendary story, usually concerning some being or hero or event, with or without a determinable basis of fact or a natural explanation, especially one that is concerned wigh dieties or demigods. British myths robin hood or king arthur. Inundation akhet food time: winter peret growing season, summer shemu the dry season, travel north by floating along the current, travel south with sails up using the wind to push. Mesopotamia: mud brick making, reed date palm tree, charismatic and despotic ruler ship, ur nammu found a new dynasty at ur in neo sumerian timeline, conquered by assyria then babylonian then persians then alexander the great then the. Cinderella story story of rhodopis: rhodophis was taunted and teased because she had golden curly hair and did not look. Lecture 2 - mesopotamian creation myths and the flood: babylon. Used to honor marduk patron god of babylon. Performed during the new years festival in april on day 4.
