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Australopithecus Afarensis
4 million B.C.E
Biped- walk on two feet
Niicknamed 'Lucy'
Omnivore- eats animals and plants -
Homo Habilis
Biped- walk on two feet
Nicknamed "Handy Man'
Able to make simple tools
2 million B.C.E -
Homo Erectus
Biped- walk on to feet
Capable of using fire
Able to migrate to other regions
1.8 million B.C.E
Capable of making tools -
Homo Sapien Neanderthalensis
Biped- walk on two feet
Sense of community
500,000 B.C.E
Burried each other
Used fire
Made tools -
Homo Sapien Sapiens
Biped- walk on two feet
Capable of using a bow and arrow
Capable of using a spear
Modern Humans
Knows how to sew -
Rise of the Kingdom of Sumer
Located between Euphrats and Tigiris River
Located east of a desert
Located south of mountains
Located in modern day Isarel
Build plows and irrigation system
Social stucture was upper-class, middle-class and slave -
The Epic of Gilgamesh
Exact date unknown
Best copy is in 7th century library
Best friend was Enkidu
Rejected to Ishtar proposal
Sadden by death of Enkidu -
Abraham
Attempted sacrifice Isaac
Marry to Sarah
Oeys god even to kill his son -
Hammurabi's Code
Code of law
Ruled Mesopotamia
Capital is Babylon
1792-1750 B.C.E -
Joseph Goes to Egypt and the Isralites Follow
His brothers and sister sold him into slavery
He prdicted things like a psychic
The pharoah came to ask Joseph about something
Rejoin his brothers and sister and lived in Egypt -
Moses, the Exodus, and the Ten Commandments
Was sentence to death for assaultin an Egyptian
Had a brother and sister
Led is "people" to the promise land
Handed out the ten commandments -
The Time of Judges/The Time Before Kings
Middle between 13th century to 11th century
Only one female judge, Deborah -
Elijah
About 875-853 B.C.E
Ravens bring meat and bread to him in the desert
Legends has that he rides a fire chariot in heaven -
Reign of David
Killed Goliath with stones
Father to Solomon
Saul was jealous of him
Sentence to death by him
Became king when Saul dies
About 1013-973 B.C.E -
Siege of Lachish
Destroy by the Assyrians
Got into siege for many times
Close to Judea -
Siege of Jerusalem
Rebell against Babylon twice
Jerimah asaid that if the king did not surrender, his people will suffer
Were to serve and sing to the Babylonians -
Indus Valley Civilization
Importance of ritual bathing and cleaness
Mohenjodoro and Happara major in containig water tanks -
The Aryan Inasion and the Vedas
The Vedas transcibe into Sanskrit
Aryan trvel through Asia and Europe -
The Asectics and Upanishads
Dedicated to spirtual lives
Gather in forest for meditation