HIST 214 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Phoenician Alphabet, Toleration, Zoroastrianism
Document Summary
Came to canaan from mesopotamia (19th century bc) Kings david and solomon (10th century bc) Judaism: religious innovations, monotheism (belief in one god), no graven images, transcendence over nature, idolatry (canaan-bawl god fertility) Assyrians: innovation in cavalry, northern regions of fertile crescent, bred rideable horses (easier for weapons), by 671 bc toppled egypt, collapses and replaced by the babylonian. The greeks and the rise of hellenism. Greek language (key to trade, similar to phoenician alphabet) Hellenic peoples (most don"t live in greece) Unified during the conquests of phillip ii of macedon in 300 bc. Kingdom of ptolomy lasts til romans 1st century bc. Conquers persian empire- pushes into india and egypt.
