Humanities-Notes Test 1
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- What year did civilization begin in Mesopotamia?
- 3000 BC
- Where was the first evidence of civilization?
- Ur,Babylon
- What two rivers was the first civilization between?
- Tigris and Euphrates
- What is the oldest single volume in history found?
- Epic of Gilgamesh
- What year was the Epic of Gilgamesh dated?
- 3320 BC
- Who wrote the Epic of Gilgamesh?
- Shin-equinninni
- What was the epic of gilgamesh written on?
- cuneiform tablets
- What was the first written set of laws?
- Code of Hammurabi
- Who is Hammurabi?
- King of Babylon
- What is the basis of democracy?
- Social Contract Theory
- What is how you turn anarchy into a civilized society by getting people to agree to a set of rules?
- Social Contract Theory
- When was the Golden Age of Athens?
- 5th Century BC
- What was Athens known for?
- to be the Cradle of Democracy
- How was Athens ruled in Greece?
- democracy-people voted only men
- What were the Greek's religious beliefs?
- Polytheistic
- Who were the first two Greek historians?
- Herodotus and Thyncididies
- Which GREEK historian wrote about the Persian Wars?
- Herodotus
- Which GREEK historian wrote about the Polyponnesian Wars?
- Thyncididies
- Who was a popular philosopher in Ancient Greece?
- Socrates
- What is the Socratic method?
- The professor would ask questions, but would make the students go find out the answers.
- What kind of literature was famous in Ancient Greece?
- Greek Tragedies
- When was the Golden Age?
- Between the Persian and Polyponesian Wars
- What two battles were in the Persian war?
- Salamis Bay and Marathon
- What years did the Persian War rage on?
- 499-479
- What is the civil war between Sparta and Athens?
- Peloponnesian War
- Who would win the Peloponnesian war?
- Spartans won
- Who ostracized?
- Greeks would pick a person who was vulgar and corrupt would be sent away for 10 years. This instilled fear and purified the society.
- Who taught Plato?
- Socrates
- Who taught Aristotle?
- Plato
- What was the cored of Western Education?
- math and science
- What eventually happened to Socrates?
- He was convicted of corruption for influencing youth, and his penalty was going to be death, but he refused to leave, so he drank hemlock and died.
- What was Plato's basic belief?
- That there was a human understanding, but there are different levels of understanding
- What is Plato's idea?
- idealism
- What belief was that ideas that matter and who's idea was this?
- idealism-plato
- What was the first university and who started it?
- the academy-plato
- What did Plato write?
- The Republic
- Who disagreed with Plato's idealism, and why?
- Aristotle- he thought that Realism was more important
- What was Aristotle's school?
- Lyceum
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At Usi, what division of knowledge would be considered
idealistic and realistic? -
Idealistic-LA
Realistic-Science Center - When was Lysistrata first produced?
- 411 BC
- What were the two focuses in greek drama?
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-weaknesses of actual human beings
-relationships between men and women - Who was the first actor?
- Thespis
- What is the chorus?
- When 5 or 6 men talk at the same time?
- What year was Rome grandest?
- 120 AD