1zipdrivecourses\hst140\WeekTwo

Week 2 - January 15-17

Early Civilizations in West Asia and the Western Hemisphere

Bull lyre, from the tomb of Queen Puabi, Ur [modern Muqaiyir, Iraq]. c. 2685 BCE
Wood with gold, lapis lazuli, and shell, reassembled in modern wood support
University Museum, University of Pennsylvania

Read: Upshur, pp. 13-43

Kishlansky: 6-11 [Creation Epic], 24-28 [Hammurabi], 31-34 [Egyptian Scribe], 40-44 [The Iliad].

Mason, Gilgamesh.

Written Assignment 2: Due on email by Sunday, 6 pm, January 20. Compare this Creation Epic with the two you read for week 1, or answer question 3 on pg. 34, or question 4 on pg. 44.

Study Questions for Weeks 1-2.

Examples of very good responses for week 2.
    Homer
    Creation Stories
    Egyptian Scribe

WWW Sites

For those interested in consulting the full text of Hammurabi's Code of Laws, click on

Hammurabi

provided by the LAW library online. It appears in three parts; once in the site, you can click on parts two and three.

The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago maintains ABZU .

There is an interesting article from the New York TImes of January 5, 1999, on new discoveries about the flood .

An interesting account of a "discovery" of an "ancient" site that is difficult to interpret is found at Motel of the Mystieries

For those interested in "mummification" click on Preserving the Dead.

An Interesting illustrated essay on "The Columbian Exchange" which I discussed in class last week can be found at the following thwo links: written by Alfred Crosby, "The Columbian Exchange: Plants, Animals, and Disease between the Old and New Worlds."

One
Two