Humanities Test 1 Terms
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- Theocratic socialism
- pharaoh rules – socialism part means that goods and means would be distributed evenly people worked the land – God owned the land
- Book of the Dead
- collection of funerary prayers – equivalent of their Bible
- Narmer
- united Upper and Lower Egypt
- Akhenaten & Nefertiti
- 1353-1336– created monotheistic regime by elevating Aten to a position of supremacy over all the other gods. Moved the political and religious center to Akhetatan away from Memphis & Thebes -
- Tutankhamen
- young king – died when 18-20 years old Howard Carter discovered his tomb.
- Epic
- long narrative poem that recounts the deeds of a hero (sometimes mythical) in search of meaning & identity
- Ziggurat
- terraced tower built of rubble and rock – religious shrine & a tomb
- Covenant
- contract – if people remain faithful to God he would be there for them.
- Ethical monotheism
- The founding of a moral system that derives from an omnipotent or all powerful God. Yah weh -Single omnipotent all powerful God – the worship of the God requires moral virtue.
- Torah
- he first five books of the Bible. Torah means instruction – Genesis,Exodus,Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy
- Imperialism
- Imposing military control over territories beyond one national boundaries
- Pantheism
- divinity inheres in all things
- yin and yang
- symbol of wholeness
- oracle bones
- fortune telling using tortoise shell & animal bones – Shang rulers
- dao
- “The Way†religious philosophy that prevades at the time - believes that there are 4 characteristic that you should seek to develop. Tranquility, Spontaneity, Compassion, Spiritual Insight
- Mandate of Heaven
- ruled by divine right – Shang dynasty
- qi
- the energy of the universe that moves through the universe in our body
- Tragic Drama
- A literary work in which the main character is brought to ruin or suffers extreme sorrow, especially as a consequence of a tragic flaw, moral weakness, or inability to cope with unfavorable circumstances.
- Judgement of Paris
- Paris was going to be the Destroyer of Troy
- Hubris
- Overbearing pride
- Sumer
- Ancient country of Mesopotamia
- Babylon
- Capital of Babylonian Empire in Mesopotamia
- Hebrews
- People from Mesopotamia - settled in Fertile Crescent - followed Abraham of Ur - had monotheistic beliefs had covenant with God
- Trojan War
- War of Greece & Troy - started by Paris by the abduction of Paris