Ancient Wk 5 Study Guide

Study Guide for HST 219 Ancient History Identify and state the significance of six (6) of the following terms. For each answer, you should write two short paragraphs (i.e., 3 to 4 sentences). The first paragraph should seek to identify the term and place it in its proper historical context, while the second should provide a clear indication of why the term is historically important and/or worthy of historical study. In other words, the first paragraph should answer the questions ‘who?’, ‘what?’, ‘where?’, and ‘when?’, and the second paragraph should address the questions ‘why?’ and ‘so what?’ While identifying the terms accurately is important, greater weight will be placed on your understanding of the historical significance of the terms. So, for example, if a question is worth a total of 10 points, 6 of these will be awarded on the basis of your understanding of the term’s historical significance. On the day of the test you will choose six of eight possible terms from the following list: Hyksos Atonism Nefertiti Mani cuneiform Ahura Mazda Babylon Hammurabi Dualism The Persian “Royal Road” Neolithic Revolution ensi Knossos Zoroaster satrap Utnapishtim

The Avesta Sargon the Great ma’at hieroglyphs Hellenes Eye of Horus Mithras magus (pl. –i) The Epic of Gilgamesh mummification Cyrus the Great paradayadam “The Gift of the Nile” The Gathas The Peloponnesus