CLASSIC 45A Chapter Notes - Chapter 1.3-1.4: Vedic Sanskrit, Euphrates, North Asia
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Palestine: mesopotamia east between tigris and euphrates river (modern iraq, almost all these regions already had standard writing systems, kinds that they considered sacred, and complex hierarchical social structures. In contrast, greek had begun to develop democratic systems of governance: bronze age, when greece was also ruled by kings. It interacted with surrounding areas through trade, war, and migration: also shared language group, two largest language groups. Hesiod"s theogony: tying into greek myths, speculation about apollo"s origin being appaliunas, alaksandus being suggested as king alexander of. Ilios, which is an alternative name for troy: speculation about hittite myth influence on greeks", phrygian kingdom. In the iliad, the phrygians fought alongside the trojans against the greeks: levant, religions, syro-canaanites, phoenicians. Includes in the desert by the early grass: next center of power in the region, epics, epic of gilgamesh, compared to homer"s iliad because of content and oral composition prior to recording, atrahasis, creation hymn compared to hesiod"s.
