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Mind Map on Western Civilization Ch 1-4, created by Katie Parker on 09/23/2016.
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Western Civilization Ch 1-4
  1. Neolithic/New Stone Age(10,000-4,000)
    1. Agricultural Revolution- 9,000-7,000 BC
      1. Mesopotamia- 3100 BC Emergence of Civilization- 3000 BC (Sumerians)
        1. 32000-Cuneiform: Sumarian Picture writing that developed into a phonetic alphabet. Epic of Giglamesh
          1. Mes. settled by Sumerians. Geography develops political structure. -"Land between two rivers" Fertile Cresent of Mesopotamia (Tigiris & Euphrates)
            1. Akkadians invaded under Sargon I- 2340 BC.
              1. Old Babylonian Period- 2000-1595
                1. King Hammurabi- first king seen making laws.
                  1. Assyrian Empire 1300-605BC
                    1. Hebrew "Children of Israel"
                      1. Patriarchs/Abraham- Led nomadic clans
                        1. Moses led Hebrews from Egypt back to Canaan
                        2. King Saul- 1st kings King David- warrior king, reunites the tribes, wins back Jerusalem and makes it capitol. King Solomon- son of David, wise king, builds temple in Jerusalem, after death 2 kingdoms are formed
                          1. Kingdom of Judah (South) -2 southern tribes -capital at Jerusalem -conquered in 586 by neo-babylonians
                            1. 539 Persian capture neo-babs and people of judah may return to homeland
                            2. Kingdom of Isreal. 10 northern tribes. Capital at Samaria. destroyed by assyrians in 722 or 721
                            3. Had bifurcated structure: men of rank and influence and people of the land
                              1. Patriarchy. sons were "crown of man", boys learned from father and mother. girls only learned from mother. monogamy was preffered but polygamy practiced by elites
                            4. From Mesopotamia- subjects of Amorites. Capital at Ninevah.
                              1. King Ashurbanipal was the strongest Assyrian king and ruled during the height of the empire
                                1. 612-605 Destroyed by Chaldeans
                                  1. Military was well organized and disciplined, standing army of over 100,000, 1st equipped with iron weapons, "calculated frightfulness"
                              2. City-States
                                1. Each city-state had Ziggurat made of mud bricks that was a temple. Became center of everything.
                                  1. City-states began to build walls for protection and disconnecting from one another, because of this each city began to have its own political structure
                                  2. 4 Classes: 1. priests and elites 2. dependent commoners 3. free commoners 4. slaves
                                2. Paleolithic/Old Stone Age (lasted until 10,000 BC)
                                  1. Egyptian Civilization 3100 BC
                                    1. Miracle of the Nile "Black Lands". Flooding was predictable and land was fertile.
                                      1. 3100 Egypt is united by Memes
                                        1. 5 Main Periods: 3 kingdoms-times of stability, order, and peace, 2 intermediate- problems of succession or invasion
                                          1. Old Kingdom Period. Nomes (different regions with its own governor or Nomarch)
                                          2. Terms: re- sun God. Osiris- resurrection. Ka- soul; book of the dead.
                                            1. Amenhotep IV- tried to instal monotheism with sun God Re. Tutankhamen- returns Egypt to polytheism
                                              1. 4 classes of Egyptian Society: Pharaoh, upperclass nobles and priests, merchants and artisans, serfs or commoners bound to the land
                                              2. Phoenicians: Neighbors to Hebrews International Sea Traders & explorers. Developed a phonetic alphabet which is the basis of languages today
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