PHYS 2102 Chapter : Phys 2102 Activity 3
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Exam 1 essay questions: compare and contrast the religious beliefs and practices of two of the following cultures: Egyptian: animism, ma"at, amun-ra, fluid religious beliefs, pyramids. Zarathustra (priests), ahura-mazda is the god of light; ahriman is the source of all evil. Sumerians: leaders are priests, polytheistic, cuneiform writing, parceled out land due to. Egypt: animism, ma"at, amun-ra (lower spirits and higher gods), fluid religion as it changed to incorporate new people, building and writing more abundant hieroglyphics, nomarks (governors), enslavement of hebrews by ramses ii. Assyria and persia: chief god was asher (god of war militaristic society) grow the empire , Assyria created first postal service, conquers israel and judah, eventually falls in civil wars. Bronze age ended by times of troubles 1200. Greek parthenon first religion with intermingling between humans and gods. Cyrus the great 559-530 united persians with the idea of killing everyone else instead of each other. Empire grows as long as there is no infighting.
