Heritage Sectional Exam #1

Epics

Long Poem

Enshrines a Culture's Core Values

Contains a Hero

HERO

embodiment of culture's values

possesses a fatal flaw

Trait Taken to the Extreme

with NEGATIVE consequences

someone who progresses on a journey or through life

Mortal/God-like

Relatable to Humans

Model of Behavior

Afterlife

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

Mahabharata

The Iliad

Written 750 BCE

Oral Story

Formulaic

Was writing valued?

Hero

Achilles

Wrath

Selfishness

Gilgamesh

2500-1500 BCE

Hero from Ur

Flaw of Arrogance

Tyrant

Journey

Meet Enkidu

Conflict

Friendship

Defeat of Hmbaba

Critique of Murder without Reason

HUMAN THEME

Enkidu

Balances Gilgamesh

Immortality

Through Kleos (Fame)

Through Reincarnation

Through Afterlife

Ancestor Worship

Through Physical/Literal Immortality

Creation Stories

Enuma Elish

Genesis 1

Genesis 2-3

Maidu

Popal Vu

WHERE DID WE COME FROM?

Human Nature

Cultural Identity

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

Answers

Comfort

Knowing Where we came from helps us understand where we are

Who we worship

God(s) took time to make us

We are special

Power Structure

Environmental Determinism

Water is Vital to Civilization

Analects of Confucius

In Cointrast with Legalism

Lao Tzu -- Chuang Chou

Taoism

Hebrew Prophets

Rig Veda

Literature

Test supplies passages

Primary Sources ONLY

NOT World or Art book

Talk about the story from which the passage comes

Talk about the passage itself

1 page-ish per passage

Essay format with thought flow

Art

2 groups of 2 pieces each. Choose 1 from each group

Write an essay one each piece

Read into art book to get details

Culture, Year, Painter/Sculptor/Architect. Comparison, Purpose, Medium, Etc.

Terms

20 to 30 terms

Pick 5

What is it? Why is it Important?

Cultural Value of Art?

Spacial Understanding

Stonehenge

2100-2000 BCE

Post and Lentil Architecture

Egypt

Mtycenian

England

Why is it here?

Speculation:

Cult Center

Similar to Egypt

Communal

Religion

Force

Calendar

Solar

Astrological

Humans are Curius

Who Made it?

Mother Goddess

Fertility

Preservation of Species

Increase Population

Further intensify agriculture

Immortality through Genetics

Loss of power without children

POWER is important to humans

gods multiply

Surplus

Vase of Uruk

Heirarchy of Society

TOP: Gods/Priests/Priestesses/King

MIDDLE: Naked men bringing gifts (offerings)

Sacrifical Offerings

Share with Gods

Early ssocialism?

Show Appreciation

Give back

Avoid death?

BOTTOM: Crops and Animals

OR:

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

Maat

Environmental Determinism

Dharma

Mythistory

Agriculture

Tao

Confucianism

Supplication

Brahminism

Fact

Yhwhism

Polytheism

Judaism

Ethical Monism

Mystical Monotheism

ETC.