HIST 1001 : Test Two Notes
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Yahweh: temple to yahweh, different from other temples, no statues to gods, started by david, finished by solomon, sacrificial altar ix. Divided monarchy 922 bc: kingdom of israel (north, kingdom of judah (south, assyrians destroy kingdom of israel, 721 bc, chaldean babylonians destroy kingdom of judah, 587 bc: babylonian exile, destroy the temple- huge deal, 1000"s of israelites taken into. Egypt, also found lots of weapons: discovery of minoan and mycenaean civilization, significant people and discoveries, minoan civilization (2600 bc 1400 bc) Schliemann"s findings: sir arthur evans, professor at oxford, eventually rejected. The early greeks: one of his former students came back from quest in crete with different finding (piece of the clay tablet writings, found palace at knossos in 1899, contained many frescoes, artifacts, finds treasure, not gold like. Schliemann, but a historian appreciated finding: minoan clay tablets, two versions of writing: linear a (older tablets) and.