HIST 1001 : Notes- Exam 1
Document Summary
484-420 bc; greek writer of the history of the persian. Most common in western world: ad= ce (common era, bc=bce (before common era, 21st century ad= 2000s (our century, 5th century= 400s, either ad or bc. Western civilization: where to begin, c. 8500 bc domestication of animals, c. 8400 bc jericho, c. 6500 bc catalhoyuk, c. 3200 bc first written documents (sumerians in. Mesopotamia: ancient near eastern civilizations, mesopotamians, egyptians, hebrews, hittites. Didn"t have stone in lower egypt with the delta. Hittites: 1475- 1200 bc, develop writing of cuneiform; they have an influence from. Storyline? divine kingship; asher favors him so they should all follow him; he conquers all people because the gods told him to, so he has divine right to conquer these people; goes back to humans are underneath gods. Audience? people who he just conquered to show them don"t mess with him. Believable: yes but to a extent: maybe exaggerated because he wrote about himself.
