HIST 150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Yahweh, Dignity
26 Sep 2016
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Group numbers tended to not to exceed 30-100, due to death from natural causes. ----------->especially disease from lack of understanding in transmission of bacteria. 10,000 yrs ago- neolithic revolution rooted in agriculture allowed a few key ideals in society: Specialization: ample food meant there was room for people to expand skills. Information traveled more now that people lived closer and in larger #"s. Group of city states, now modern day iraq. Rough and erratic nature lead to pessimism that affected religion and philosophy. Epic of gilgamesh was a novel written at this time. Moral of story is that people suffer and die just because . Afterlife has 2 options in mesopotamia religion, those who will be forever tormented, and those who will eternally torment others. Has nile river that acts very differently than the tigris and euphrates, and it shows in religion. Floods to exact same spot every year, houses built right on the edge where it floods to.
