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Cåsbr
Ancient
Mesopotamia
The Land Between
the RiversSlide2
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I
Geography and Writing
PART II
Religion and LiteratureSlide3
Geography & Writing
Map Credit:
NordNordWestSlide4
Fertile CrescentSlide5
Map Credit:
NordNordWest
Mesopotamia
“The Land Between the Rivers”
E
uphrates
T
igrisSlide6
Sumer
The Sumerians established the first
city-states
c. 3,000 B.C.Slide7
Writing
What purposes does writing serve?
Why is writing necessary and useful?Photo by Pascal MaramisSlide8
The Sumerians were the first to
develop
WritingSlide9
Sumerian Clay TabletSlide10
Cuneiform
(Latin: Wedge-Shaped)
Photo by tortipede
MORE on cuneiform from the British Museum.Slide11
PictogramsEarliest writing form
Words represented by symbols.
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Dora and the Rainbow Kite FestivalSlide12
Professional Writershigh social status
rigorous education
ScribesSlide13
A Scribe Remembers…
My headmaster read my tablet, said:“There is something missing,” caned me.
The fellow in charge of silence said: “Why did you talk without permission,” caned me.The fellow in charge of the assembly said: “Why did you stand at ease without permission,” caned me.
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JD HancockSlide14
Employed in
temples
and palaces, recording:financial transactions
legal documentsliteratureScribes
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AstacusSlide15
Sumerian NumbersSlide16
Religion & LiteratureSlide17
What kind of characteristics do modern humans typically attribute to God?
What is the purpose of human existence?
Deities and
ExistenceSlide18
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Leonard John MatthewsSlide19
Enuma elishWhat does the
Enuma elish tell us about Mesopotamian ideas about their gods?
“When
on high…”
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Benevolence / Malevolence
Deities can be described as benevolent or malevolent
toward human beings.Slide21
Polytheism
(Many Gods)
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Mesopotamian Religion
Anthropomorphism
(Human-like Gods)
Malevolence
(Ill-willed)Slide22
Floods
Catastrophic Floods were a regular part of life in ancient Mesopotamia.
Photo by
stopherjonesSlide23
5,000 YearsSlide24
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NASA
Hurricane KatrinaAugust,
2005Slide25
WHY?
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InfrogmationSlide26
Source:
religioustolerance.org
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Although the loss of lives is deeply saddening, this act of God destroyed a wicked city....New Orleans was a city that had its doors wide open to the public celebration of sin...Slide27
Source:
religioustolerance.org
"May
this act of God cause us all to think about what we tolerate in our city limits, and bring us trembling before the throne of Almighty God.” -- Repent AmericaSlide28
DID I DO THAT?Slide29
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Leonard John Matthews
The Ancient WorldviewThe gods control the tap.Slide30
Lots of Rivers
=
Lots of FloodsSlide31
Marduk
Patron god of Babylon
Rivers / FloodsSlide32
If Marduk were a band…Slide33
Yes, this is a real band called
Marduk.
Photo by Metal Chris
He’d Look Like this!Slide34
Bonaventura
Peeters, The
Great Flood (17th c.)The Great Flood
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to ReadSlide35
The world Bellowed like a wild bull…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFu0WZMTxr0Slide36
LOUD
NOISES!
Screenshot from
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron
Burgundy
(
Dreamworks
, 2004).
Reproduced for instructional use.Slide37
Ancient Mesopotamians believed their gods destroyed humans because they were
TOO NOISY!Slide38
The GOAL
of Mesopotamian
Religion?Slide39Slide40
Ziggurats
Mesopotamian Temples
Largest building in city
A home for the godsPhoto by jmcfallSlide41
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Notwist
IMMORTALITY
If you could live forever, would you? Explain why or why not.Slide42
The Epic of Gilgamesh
KEY THEMES:ImmortalityDeath
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zayzayem
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Gilgamesh vs. Enkidu
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzBmQMyYDBkSlide45
After a good fight, Gilgamesh and Enkidu became best friends and went on adventures together.
Best
FriendsSlide46
Ishtar
The Goddess as Adversary
Ishtar, a fertility goddess, fell in love with Gilgamesh and tried to have him killed after he rejected her.She failed.Slide47
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Utnapishtim
The SurvivorSlide49
SORRY...You’re going to die!Slide50
Now What? Slide51
The king has laid himself down and will not rise again,The Lord of Kullah
will not rise again;He overcame evil, he will not come again;Though he was strong of arm he will not rise again; He had wisdom and a comely face, he will not come again;
He is gone into the mountain, he will not come again;On the bed of fate he lies, he will not rise again,From the couch of many colors he will not come again.Slide52