Transcript Mesopotamian, Egyptian, and Hebrew Literature

Mesopotamian, Egyptian,
and Hebrew Literature
pp. 16-25
by
Andrew C. Jackson
Why it matters
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The map
Sumerians (18)
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Invented writing
Akkadians
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Bridge from Sumerians to the Babylonians.
Babylonians
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King Hammurabi
Hammurabi’s code
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Eye for an eye
Assyrians and Neo-Babylonians
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Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
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Architecture
Technology
Law
Writing
Math and science
Old, Middle and New Kingdoms of
Egypt
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Pyramids
Life and the afterlife of Egypt
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Worshipped “Ra”
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The sun god
Believed in afterlife
The early Hebrews
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Abraham
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Jacob
Israel
The Exodus
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Moses led them out of slavery
The Kingdom of Israel
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Saul
David
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Founded Jerusalem
Solomon
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Death divided nation into two kingdoms
Israel
 Judah
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Hebrew center of cultural life
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The temple
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The ark of the covenant
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Indiana Jones
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“Raiders of the Lost Ark”
How writing was invented
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Clay tokens
Rosetta stone
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Three texts
Greek
 Two ancient writings
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1799
A library in the sand
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Epic of Gilgamesh discovered
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1849
King Tut’s tomb
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Boy King of Egypt (Tutankhamen)
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1922
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Curse?
The Dead Sea Scrolls
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Jars discovered near Dead Sea (1947)
Ancient scrolls
Texts of many books of the bible
Date from time of Jesus (1-33 A.D.)
Can now be seen on the internet
Discovered by a boy sheperd
Connect to today
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Law
Modern Hebrew
Birthplace of 3 religions
Architecture
Libraries
Writing
Here endeth the lesson
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Mr. Jackson
October, 2006