HIS 1122 Lecture 1: Hebrew Civlization
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Though dwarfed by the great empires of mesopotamia and egypt in territory and military prowess, the civilization of the hebrews and early greeks also merit mention as we conclude this portion of the class. The historical importance of the hebrews lies beyond their political insigni cance. As we shall see, they exerted the greatest in uence of any ancient asian peoples on though and life in the modern world. As for the ancient greeks, they are memorable for their grace and sophistication and for being among the earliest civilization of europe. The rst known appearance of hebrews was in mesopotamia. According to the bible, which aside from religious text is also a world for history, The hebrews were a wandering tribal people and their exact locations are often dif cult to pinpoint. Between 1900 and 1500 bc, they gradually migrated from mesopotamia/sumer to. During this period, a tribe of hebrews, who claimed descent from abraham"s grandson.
