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Heritage Sectional Exam #1

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Heritage Sectional Exam #1

Heritage Sectional Exam #1

Identification/Terms

ETC.
Mystical Monotheism
Ethical Monism
Judaism
Polytheism
Yhwhism
Fact
Brahminism
Supplication
Confucianism
Tao
Agriculture
Mythistory
Dharma
Maat
Vase of Uruk
OR:

People at top showing the lower groups how important their positions are to the success of society

Heirarchy of Society

BOTTOM: Crops and Animals

MIDDLE: Naked men bringing gifts (offerings)

Sacrifical Offerings

Avoid death?

Give back

Show Appreciation

Share with Gods

Early ssocialism?

TOP: Gods/Priests/Priestesses/King

Mother Goddess
Surplus
Fertility

gods multiply

Loss of power without children

POWER is important to humans

Immortality through Genetics

Preservation of Species

Increase Population

Further intensify agriculture

Stonehenge
Who Made it?
Why is it here?

Humans are Curius

Speculation:

Calendar

Astrological

Solar

Cult Center

Communal

Force

Religion

Similar to Egypt

Post and Lentil Architecture

England

Mtycenian

Egypt

2100-2000 BCE
Spacial Understanding
Cultural Value of Art?

Description of Sections:

Terms
What is it? Why is it Important?
Pick 5
20 to 30 terms
Art
Culture, Year, Painter/Sculptor/Architect. Comparison, Purpose, Medium, Etc.
Read into art book to get details
Write an essay one each piece
2 groups of 2 pieces each. Choose 1 from each group
Essay format with thought flow
1 page-ish per passage
Talk about the passage itself
Talk about the story from which the passage comes
Test supplies passages

Primary Sources ONLY

NOT World or Art book

NO MATTER WHAT, THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT ARE SIMPLY HUMAN.

Literature

Rig Veda
Hebrew Prophets
Lao Tzu -- Chuang Chou
Taoism
Analects of Confucius
In Cointrast with Legalism
Creation Stories
WHERE DID WE COME FROM?

Knowing Where we came from helps us understand where we are

Environmental Determinism

Water is Vital to Civilization

Power Structure

Who we worship

God(s) took time to make us

We are special

We want to describe things in terms of a beginning and end

Comfort

Answers

Cultural Identity

Human Nature

Popal Vu
Maidu
Genesis 2-3
Genesis 1
Enuma Elish
Epics
Gilgamesh

Immortality

Through Physical/Literal Immortality

Through Afterlife

Ancestor Worship

Through Reincarnation

Through Kleos (Fame)

Enkidu

Balances Gilgamesh

Journey

Conflict

Friendship

HUMAN THEME

Defeat of Hmbaba

Critique of Murder without Reason

Meet Enkidu

Tyrant

Flaw of Arrogance

Hero from Ur

2500-1500 BCE

The Iliad

Hero

Achilles

Selfishness

Wrath

Oral Story

Was writing valued?

Formulaic

Written 750 BCE

Mahabharata
Contains a Hero

HERO

Afterlife

If we know where we come from, we can know where we will go

Model of Behavior

someone who progresses on a journey or through life

Relatable to Humans

Mortal/God-like

possesses a fatal flaw

Trait Taken to the Extreme

with NEGATIVE consequences

embodiment of culture's values

Enshrines a Culture's Core Values
Long Poem