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People at top showing the lower groups how important their positions are to the success 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
gods multiply
Loss of power without children
POWER is important to humans
Immortality through Genetics
Preservation of Species
Increase Population
Further intensify agriculture
Humans are Curius
Speculation:
Calendar
Astrological
Solar
Cult Center
Communal
Force
Religion
Similar to Egypt
England
Mtycenian
Egypt
Primary Sources ONLY
NOT World or Art book
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
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
Hero
Achilles
Selfishness
Wrath
Oral Story
Was writing valued?
Formulaic
Written 750 BCE
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