Descriptive Log

Polytheism
1. Ancient Greeks and Romans were polytheistic.
2.Wide spread in the ancient world.
3. Believe in multiple Gods or Deities.
4. Aryans worshipped many Gods.
5. gods are complex personages of greater or lesser status
6. gods usually have particular functions
7. gods sometimes subjects of myths or lengends
8. clearest modern example of polytheism is Hinduism
9. comes from the greek words ploy theoi "many gods"
10. gods have individual powers, abilities, and knowledge



Monotheism
1.Believe in one God or Deity.
2. came from henotheistic and panetheistic notions from the Late Bronze Age
3. Judaism, Christianity, and Islam are primary monotheistic religions
4. first recorded in Egypt
5. most common in the West
6. comes from two greek words monos meaning "one" and theos meaning "God "
7.earliest known instance dates in 14th century B.C. in Egypt
8. view God as the creator of the world
9. one personal god unifies the universe
10. english term first used by Hannah More in 1660



Cuneiform
1. earliest written expression
2. created by Sumerians
3. began as system of pictograms
4. written on clay tablets
5. originated around 2008 B.C.
6. comes from 2 latin words, cuneus "wedge" and forma "shape"
7. pictograms were simular to Egyptian hieroglyphics
8. used in ancient Sumerian, Akkadian, Assyrian, Babylonian, and Persian writing
9. used from the 3rd to the 1st millennia B.C.
10. over time pictorial representations became simplified and more abstract



Hieroglyphics
1. a system of writing
2. pictorial symbols used to represent meanings or sounds or a combination of both
3. often used in plural with a singular or plural verb
4. used in ancient Egypt
5. similar of that of Crete, Asia Minor, Central America and Mexico
6. 604 symbols
7. written in several directions
8. divided into 4 categories
9. perfected between 3110-2884 B.C
10. usually written from left to right




Hammurabi’s Code
1. Hammurabi became first king of Babylonian Empire
2. inherited the throne from his father, Sin-Muballit in 1792 B.C.
3. wriiten on a large stone monument and placed in a public place
4. contained 282 laws
5. first example of the legal concept
6. oldest set of laws known to exist
7. created to protect all classes of Babylonian society, including women and slaves
8. "an eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth" theory
9. engraved on an 8 foot high black stone monument
10. ensured peace and justice with the laws



"Golden Age"
1. The Gupta Period
2. a period of peace, harmony, stability and prosperity
3. comes from greek mythology
4. highest age in the greek spectrum of iron, bronze, silver and golden ages
5. untroubled and proserous era
6. people lived in ideal happiness
7. human kind was pure and immortal
8. usually ends with a devestating event
9. part of a mythical interpretation of history
10. peace and harmony prevailed during this age



Mandate of Heaven
1. traditional chinese sovereignty concept of legitimacy
2. used to support the kings of Zhou Dynasty
3. first used by the Zhou Dynasty
4. has no time limitations
5. has a performance standard
6. linked to the notion of the dynastic cycle
7. floods or famines were divine signs from the heaven in violation of the Mandate
8. also used to support the Emperors of China
9. Heaven blessed the authority of a just ruler
10. first era name of the Qin Dynasty



Patriarch
1. senior males rule the family
2. comes from greek words pater "father" and archon "leader"
3. Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob referred to as the 3 patriarchs of Judaism
4. one who creates, founds, or originates
5. used as a title for bishops
6. one who founded or is the original head or an enterprise, organization, or tradition.
7. a very old, venerable man
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Polis
1. a city, city-state or citizenship
2. originates in ancient greek city-states
3. developed during the Archaic period
4. an independent city and its surrounding region
5. under a unified governement
6. citizens had certain obligations towards the city
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Republic
1. form of government
2. maitained by a state or country
3. mutually exclusive
4. supreme power lies in the body of the citizens
5. head of state is usually a president
6. nation that has political order
7. sovereign state ruled by representatives
8. administration of affairs is open to all citizens
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Preview Reflection: Civilization

Civilization

Civilization can mean many things from being finanically stable or just belonging to a certain country. People that are consider civilians usually belong to a country and have freedom. Civilization can also mean that a certain part of land that was once not occupied my people is now occupied by people and has industries, homes, etc. People move to these civilized cities to start new lives and raise their children in a stable environment.