HIST 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Harappa
18 Jan 2019
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Key concepts and terms: source, writing, sumer, harappa, shang, epic of gilgamesh, hieroglyphs, literacy & power, scribes, and book of the dead. Original creations of a person or people. Think about who the creator and write is or might be. Look for clues about the values and assumptions of the time period. Take notes in the lecture on primary source. Writing only arises in civilizations- but not all have writing. Writing sources provide new kinds of information that cannot be obtained through other artifacts. Questions to ask of any written source. Writing puts spoken language into a visible material form. Enabled transmission of information and physical evidence of information. Allows ideas to spread across massive areas of land and last for centuries. Can you have a visible language without a state. Yes, but it lacks standardization and legibility. Writing must be standardized so it may be taught and shared among many people.
