HIST 1001 : Exam1notes
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Wars : something you do; the way you study the past, herodotus- father of history, ca. Interpretation: types of history: intellectual institutional. Ancient near eastern civilizations: mesopotamians, egyptians, hebrews, hittites. Mesopotamia: the land in the middle of the rivers tigris and euphrates, arid region; mountains surrounding it; rivers empty into. He is a young king who likes to have fun. The people are concerned about him, so they pray to the gods to help them. The gods send a monster man to teach the king a lesson. The king and monster become best friends, and do bad stuff together. The gods decide to kill him, slow illness. The monster man knows he"s going to die, so he wants to get away. Gilgamesh starts freaking out because he doesn"t want to die, so he goes on a journey to find everlasting life.
