History 111 Study Guide
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Terms
Tribe – a tribe is a group of families.
Patriarch – Patriarch--the dominant male leader of the tribe.
Civilization – Civilization means:
shared beliefs
social and political organization
art.
Bronze – Bronze was an alloy of copper and tin.
Cuneiform – cuneiform--meaning “wedge shaped.”
Hieroglyphics – hieroglyphics--"sacred coverings.”
Aton – Aton was a universal god who took the form of the sun disk.
Yahweh – Yahweh---“He causes to Be”
Moses – Moses then led the Hebrews out of Egypt.
Dharma – Dharma is the moral law all Hindu must observe.
Material gain is OK so long as it is honestly and honorably achieved.
Pleasure and love is for the perpetuation of the family.
Buddha – Buddha (Enlightened One).
Four Noble Truths – Four Noble Truths.
Pain, suffering, frustration, and anxiety are inescapable parts of human life.
They are caused by human weakness
Nineveh – Nineveh was the capital of the Assyria Empire.
Cyrus the Great –
Zoroaster – Zoroaster gave Iranian religion new ideas.
Little is known of the prophet Zoroaster.
Life is a battleground between a good and evil spirit.
Each individual must choose between the two sides.
Introduces the concept of individual free will.
Polis – polis, or city-state, was the basic unit of Greek society.
the acropolis was the religious center of the polis.
the agora was its marketplace and political center.
Tyrant – Tyrants were members of the aristocracy who gained power in an unorthodox or unconstitutional way.
They were often popular with the people.
Draco – Draco, an aristocrat, was given special permission to codify and publish a law code in 621 B.C.
Draco's law code was designed to end blood feuds between clans.
Deme – Demes were the basis of political citizenship.
Sophist – The Sophists were teachers of rhetoric and virtue.
Sophists were concerned with the contradiction between nature and custom.
Socrates –
Terms
Tribe – a tribe is a group of families.
Patriarch – Patriarch--the dominant male leader of the tribe.
Civilization – Civilization means:
shared beliefs
social and political organization
art.
Bronze – Bronze was an alloy of copper and tin.
Cuneiform – cuneiform--meaning “wedge shaped.”
Hieroglyphics – hieroglyphics--"sacred coverings.”
Aton – Aton was a universal god who took the form of the sun disk.
Yahweh – Yahweh---“He causes to Be”
Moses – Moses then led the Hebrews out of Egypt.
Dharma – Dharma is the moral law all Hindu must observe.
Material gain is OK so long as it is honestly and honorably achieved.
Pleasure and love is for the perpetuation of the family.
Buddha – Buddha (Enlightened One).
Four Noble Truths – Four Noble Truths.
Pain, suffering, frustration, and anxiety are inescapable parts of human life.
They are caused by human weakness
Nineveh – Nineveh was the capital of the Assyria Empire.
Cyrus the Great –
Zoroaster – Zoroaster gave Iranian religion new ideas.
Little is known of the prophet Zoroaster.
Life is a battleground between a good and evil spirit.
Each individual must choose between the two sides.
Introduces the concept of individual free will.
Polis – polis, or city-state, was the basic unit of Greek society.
the acropolis was the religious center of the polis.
the agora was its marketplace and political center.
Tyrant – Tyrants were members of the aristocracy who gained power in an unorthodox or unconstitutional way.
They were often popular with the people.
Draco – Draco, an aristocrat, was given special permission to codify and publish a law code in 621 B.C.
Draco's law code was designed to end blood feuds between clans.
Deme – Demes were the basis of political citizenship.
Sophist – The Sophists were teachers of rhetoric and virtue.
Sophists were concerned with the contradiction between nature and custom.
Socrates –