POTENTIAL ID'S:

KEMET, NOMES, PER-O, UNAS, MAXIMS OF PTAH HOTEP, PLEA OF THE ELOQUENT PEASANT, OSIRIS, HYKSOS, BOOK OF THE DEAD

SUMER, CUNEIFORM, ENLIL, ZIGGURAT, BABYLONIANS, HAMMURABI, CODE OF HAMMURABI, MARDUK, ISHTAR, GILGAMESH, ASSYRIANS, CHALDAEANS, NEBUCHADNEZZAR, ASTRAL RELIGION

PATRIARCHS, ABRAHAM, MOSES, JUDGES, UNITED MONARCHY, SOLOMON

TORAH, GENESIS, DEUTERONOMY, ISAIAH, PSALMS, DANIEL, MENE MENE TEKEL UPHARISN

HINDUISM, BRAHMA, SHIVA, VISHNU, RAMA, KRISHNA, CASTE SYSTEM, SATI, BUDDHA, FOUR NOBLE TRUTHS, EIGHT-FOLD PATH, NIRVANA, CONFUCIANISM, TAOISM

POTENTIAL ESSAYS QUESTIONS:

A.  In order to survive, a society must provide physical security, ethical guidance, and emotional fulfillment for its members.  Egyptian society was able to survive for well over two thousand years because, for the most part, it did an excellent job providing these three things.  Comment.

B.  In order to survive, a society must provide physical security, ethical guidance, and emotional fulfillment for its members.  Mesopotamian society was able to survive for well over two thousand years because, for the most part, it did an excellent job providing these three things.  Comment.

C.  The figures and events of Hebrew history would at first seem relatively insignificant, but these figures and events have had a tremendous impact on subsequent civilization.   Comment.

D.  The books of the "Tenach" (what Christians call the Old Testament) have had a tremendous influence on subsequent civilization.  Comment.

E.  In some ways, India and China mark "roads not taken" by Western Civilization.  Comment.