CLAA05H3 Lecture Notes - Ancient Mesopotamian Religion, Fertile Crescent, Common Era
21 Jun 2014
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Week one- introduction: mesopotamia- land between two rivers, the fertile crescent- part of world where there was right conditions for crops and livestock. Originated in this spot: between tigris and euphrates rivers. States organized canal digging, which started process of civilization of mesopotamia before egypt. They were earlier in civilization because they had to control the floods where as the nile. River helped egypt on its own: ziggurat at ur was a temple. Top part now disappeared: cuneiform: latin for web/cone shaped. W2: mesopotamian mythology, geography and history: history: the enquiry into the past of people in society through the medium of written sources. Dating the past: use common era dating system today, bc (before christ) and ad (anno domini, bce (before the common era) and ce (common era, n. b. Ce) king list with astrological observations: other references to astronomy (eclipses, etc, correlation with other dating systems.
