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Origins of Western Civilization: Bronze Age Beginnings

Explore the defining features of early civilizations such as urban life, governance systems, and religious beliefs. Learn about the Bronze Age societies in Mesopotamia, Egypt, and Aegean cultures, their rulers, and legacies. Discover the epic tale of Gilgamesh and the transitions in Mesopotamian culture. Unravel the fall of Mesopotamia to nomadic warriors and the conquest by Persians. Dive into the history of Sumerian and Semitic cultures, their achievements, and influential figures like King Hammurabi. This chapter provides valuable insights into the foundations of Western civilization from the Paleolithic to the Bronze Age.

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Origins of Western Civilization: Bronze Age Beginnings

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  1. Chapter One:The Beginnings of Civilization

  2. Defining “Civilized” • Urban life: permanent constructions • System of regulatory government • Class distinction (wealth and occupation) • Tools/skills --> production/trade • Written communication • Shared system of religious belief ** Not a value judgment! **

  3. Origins of Western Civilization • Paleolithic World View (Old Stone Age) • Art • Religion • Neolithic Civilizations (Late Stone Age) • Domestication of animals • Cultivation of vegetation • Community • War / Weaponry

  4. The Bronze Age (3000-1000 B.C.E.) • Mesopotamia • Sumerian (3500-2350 B.C.E.) • Semitic (2350-612 B.C.E.) • Egypt • Aegean Cultures

  5. Sumerian Culture • Agricultural/Urban settlements • “Fertile Crescent” • Writing/record-keeping: Cuneiform • Shared system of religious belief • Civil ruler / Religious rulers

  6. Epic of Gilgamesh • Gilgamesh ruled at Uruk c. 2700 B.C.E. • Composed in Sumerian (2000 B.C.E.) on cuneiform tablets • Introspective work • Asserts universal questions about human existence

  7. Semitic Culture • Akkadian Period • King Sargon and descendants (2350-2150 B.C.E.) • Focus on HUMAN achievement • Heroic Code • Babylonian Legacy • King Hammurabi • Assyrians • Culmination of Mesopotamian culture

  8. Fall of Mesopotamia • Medes • Nomadic warriors • Conquered Nineveh in 612 B.C.E. • Conquered and absorbed by Persians • Persians • Nomadic warriors • Conquered by Alexander the Great (330 B.C.E.)

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