Gilgamesh Review Questions

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Western Civilization Professor Orens REVIEW QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST, GREECE, ROME, CHRISTIANITY, AND THE MIDDLE AGES 1. How does the message of the story of Gilgamesh differ from that the story of Isis and Osiris? *Story of Isis and Osiris, the siblings set killed his siblings because he was jealous. 2. What did the ancient Egyptians believe about their king? 3. What did the Israelites believe about their God? 4. What was the Hebrew name for God and what did that name mean? *Yahweh, A God righteous + mercy. A God of covenant. 5. What did the Greeks believe was the biggest difference between themselves and barbarians? * By being citizens of the polis and not being anyone’s subjects being free 6. By the age of Pericles,…show more content…
15. What did Paul do that helped spread the Christian faith? *Paul persuaded Gentiles to become members of the Church without converting, and also wrote letters to other Kingdoms. 16. Why did the Roman authorities persecute the Church? 17. What were the principle reasons for the decline and fall of the Roman Empire in western Europe? *Some of the reasons for the decline and fall of the Roman Empire were Barbarian invasions, disease, too large of an Empire to govern and protect, everyone tried to be a leader (constitutional crisis), and it does not happen everywhere. 18. Who was Charlemagne and what title did the pope bestow on him? *Charlemagne was the Powerful king of the Franks and he obtained the title of emperor by the Pope crowning him the Emperor of Rome by acting as the Vicar of Christ. 19. What were the obligations of lords and vassals, and of lords and serfs, to one another? The Lords provided the vassals and serfs with land and protection and the vassals had to fight for the lords and the serfs had to pay rent and farm the land of the lords. 20. According to Thomas Aquinas and other scholastic philosophers, how could people discover the truth about the world and about
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