Identify What is this image or text? What civilization is it from? Describe and Contextualize What general information do you know about this source from the lecture videos, discussions, or assignments? Analyze the source – Given what you know about the civilization in question, what does this source reveal about that civilization? Source #2: Now Gilgamesh got up to tell his dream to his mother; Ninsun, one of the wise gods. Mother, last night I had a dream. I was full of joy, the young heroes were round me and I walked through the night under the stars of the firmament, and one, a meteor of the stuff of Anu, fell down from heaven. I tried to lift it but it proved too heavy. All the people of Uruk came round to see it, the common people jostled and the nobles thronged to kiss its feet; and to me its attraction was like the love of woman. They helped me, I braced my forehead and I raised it with thongs and brought it to you, and you yourself pronounced it my brother.’ Source #3: When a poor man has died, do not (try to) revive him! (When) he had bread, he had no salt; (when) he had salt, he had no bread. Source #5 Establisher of justice! mankind desires thee, supplicating thee to answer their prayers; thou answerest them by the inundation! Men offer the first-fruits of corn; all the gods adore thee! The birds descend not on the soil. It is believed that with thy hand of gold thou makest bricks of silver! But we are not nourished on lapis-lazuli; corn alone gives vigour Source #6: The one who is first and possessed of wisdom when born; the god who strove to protect the gods with strength; the one before whose force the two worlds were afraid because of the greatness of his virility: he, O people, is Indra. The one who made firm the quaking earth; the one who made fast the shaken mountains; the one who measured out wide the atmosphere; the one who propped up heaven: he, O people, is Indra. The one who, having killed the serpent, released the seven rivers; the one who drove out the cows by opening Vala [a cattle pen] the one who generates fire between two rocks, victor in battles: he, O people, is Indra. The one by whom all things here were made moving; the one who put in hiding the lowly Dasa color; the one who, like a gambler who has won the stake, has taken the enemy’s possessions: he, O people, is Indra. Part II Write a brief essay (4-5 paragraphs, each 8-10 sentences) in which you compare three ancient civilizations of your choice. Make sure your essay has a strong argument that links your comparisons together. Use lectures and reading sources in your answer. Do not use any sources that you wrote about in Part I of the exam. Pick one of the following themes to focus on in your comparison: Compare three artifact images Compare three primary source documents Compare the roles of the deities Compare the position of women Compare some of the major accomplishments or innovations Compare belief systems
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