HUM 345 SFSU Study Guide Exam With
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Let's keep events in order. Around 3100 BC, - ANSWER Ur, in Sumer
The area where the oldest city took shape, inventing the division of labor, writing, an
army, laws is - ANSWER All the following are correct:
"the land between the rivers"
near modern Babylon
Sumer
Mesopotamia
The oldest real city, c 3100 BC, where Abraham comes from, is - ANSWER Ur
2560 BC - ANSWER Old Kingdom pyramids, Giza
All three "Abrahamic" religions claim to descend from Abraham, in Genesis. His family's
stories are set in the era, - ANSWER Around 1600- 1300 BC
Secular scholars consider Abraham and the Israelite fathers before the Exodus mythical,
like King Arthur. They're called the - ANSWER Patriarchs
,Many anthropologists believe that, based on certain passages in the Old Testament, and
the name "Israel," that the Israelite tribes originally worshiped - ANSWER El
In return for obedience to the deity, Abraham and his tribe will receive - ANSWER eternal
life
Civilization weakens in the Mediterranean. Indo-European and proto-Greek raiders, the
Sea Peoples, establish beachheads on the coast. - ANSWER 1200s BCE
At least one of the Israelite tribes fled slavery in Egypt around 1225 BC. That's the -
ANSWER Exodus
One tribe may have fled slavery in Egypt, but the Biblical invasion is a myth. Archeology
proves 10 or 11 of the other Israelite tribes were local Canaanite clans, and even a Greek
tribe from the Sea Peoples, who began switching Primary allegiance to this god: -
ANSWER El, then Yahweh
Like Americans adopting the Pilgrims as ancestors, all Israelites later adopt one tribe's
Exodus from Egypt. It occurred around - ANSWER 1225 BC
"Wild West" era in which Canaan, the lightly populated hinterland along the highway
between Egypt and Mesopotamia, is filled with warring tribes of Semites and Indo
European raiders From the sea - ANSWER The Judges
Before the United Monarchy, comes a kind of Wild West period in which different
, Israelite tribes are led by strong figures, like Samson or Deborah, called - ANSWER
Judges
The first historic mention of "Israel" is carved on a Pharaoh's monument/stone ("stela")
saying - ANSWER Israel, a "people" is conquered and its seed destroyed
David and Solomon are from the southern tribe, Judah, as large as all the others put
together. The northern tribes are called - ANSWER Israelites
David turns Jerusalem into his capital since it's in the country's center. His personal
symbol is - ANSWER The six pointed Star of David
To destroy Israel, they carry off all the educated classes into Exile, called - ANSWER All of
the following:
The Exilic period
The writing of the P text period
The Babylonian Captivity
The beginning of the Diaspora
Solomon, around 960 AD, inherits the throne, builds the great temple whose wall, the
"Wailing Wall" still exists. The story about his wisdom involves - ANSWER An order to
divide a child in half
The Documentary Hypothesis, first proposed in 1711, covers only the - ANSWER Torah
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Let's keep events in order. Around 3100 BC, - ANSWER Ur, in Sumer
The area where the oldest city took shape, inventing the division of labor, writing, an
army, laws is - ANSWER All the following are correct:
"the land between the rivers"
near modern Babylon
Sumer
Mesopotamia
The oldest real city, c 3100 BC, where Abraham comes from, is - ANSWER Ur
2560 BC - ANSWER Old Kingdom pyramids, Giza
All three "Abrahamic" religions claim to descend from Abraham, in Genesis. His family's
stories are set in the era, - ANSWER Around 1600- 1300 BC
Secular scholars consider Abraham and the Israelite fathers before the Exodus mythical,
like King Arthur. They're called the - ANSWER Patriarchs
,Many anthropologists believe that, based on certain passages in the Old Testament, and
the name "Israel," that the Israelite tribes originally worshiped - ANSWER El
In return for obedience to the deity, Abraham and his tribe will receive - ANSWER eternal
life
Civilization weakens in the Mediterranean. Indo-European and proto-Greek raiders, the
Sea Peoples, establish beachheads on the coast. - ANSWER 1200s BCE
At least one of the Israelite tribes fled slavery in Egypt around 1225 BC. That's the -
ANSWER Exodus
One tribe may have fled slavery in Egypt, but the Biblical invasion is a myth. Archeology
proves 10 or 11 of the other Israelite tribes were local Canaanite clans, and even a Greek
tribe from the Sea Peoples, who began switching Primary allegiance to this god: -
ANSWER El, then Yahweh
Like Americans adopting the Pilgrims as ancestors, all Israelites later adopt one tribe's
Exodus from Egypt. It occurred around - ANSWER 1225 BC
"Wild West" era in which Canaan, the lightly populated hinterland along the highway
between Egypt and Mesopotamia, is filled with warring tribes of Semites and Indo
European raiders From the sea - ANSWER The Judges
Before the United Monarchy, comes a kind of Wild West period in which different
, Israelite tribes are led by strong figures, like Samson or Deborah, called - ANSWER
Judges
The first historic mention of "Israel" is carved on a Pharaoh's monument/stone ("stela")
saying - ANSWER Israel, a "people" is conquered and its seed destroyed
David and Solomon are from the southern tribe, Judah, as large as all the others put
together. The northern tribes are called - ANSWER Israelites
David turns Jerusalem into his capital since it's in the country's center. His personal
symbol is - ANSWER The six pointed Star of David
To destroy Israel, they carry off all the educated classes into Exile, called - ANSWER All of
the following:
The Exilic period
The writing of the P text period
The Babylonian Captivity
The beginning of the Diaspora
Solomon, around 960 AD, inherits the throne, builds the great temple whose wall, the
"Wailing Wall" still exists. The story about his wisdom involves - ANSWER An order to
divide a child in half
The Documentary Hypothesis, first proposed in 1711, covers only the - ANSWER Torah
