HIST 150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Ancient Near East, Ethical Monotheism
23 Jan 2017
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Be(cid:272)ause we (cid:271)ega(cid:374) produ(cid:272)i(cid:374)g so(cid:373)ethi(cid:374)g (do(cid:373)esti(cid:272)atio(cid:374) of a(cid:374)i(cid:373)al"s produ(cid:272)tio(cid:374) and consumption, etc. ) Transformation from gathering products of nature to producing something with them. The main contributions of the ancient middle eastern civilization. An invention of alphabetic writing: mythology (poems) Important element of unifying people as a nation. Trained bureaucracy and spread of literacy for elites. Coinage of money (lydia 7 c. bc) Changes in warfare and weapons in the ancient middle east. Bc: bronze age chariots: invasion of hyksos"s, hittites and semites *** Iron was more accessible and cheaper than bronze *** Indo-european (indo-iranian, or aryan) invasion: cavalry revolution. Riding on horseback was a revolutionary idea indo-iranian tribes of. Scythians and sarmatian"s from eurasian (russian) steppes invented special devices (including stirrups and saddles), which allowed horsemen to ride and shoot simultaneously. Trained bureaucracy and spread of literacy for elites: was still not enough. Coinage for money (lydia 7 c. bc)
