Ancient persian themes Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

What are the 4 themes we study in ancient Landscape architecture and man's relationship with nature? Answer 1) Landscape revered 2) Landscape exploited 3) Landscape sequestered 4) Landscape Designed Landscape Revered Answer - symbolism: active - landscape as gods; *animism* - tree worship - landscape as representation of gods - landscape as representation of ideology What was the first object to be worshipped? Answer Stone What are some examples of landscape as representation of...

divine myth - about gods/goddesses or dietis , can sometimes take on human or animal form legend - (saga) usually about heroes legend is to history as myth is to science folktale - about ordinary people. usually helps you with making decisions etiological tale - story that explains the origins of an event or phenomonon folktale types - group of folktales with similar elements folktale motiff - smaller elements that make up folktale, (only child) Boeotia - ...

HISTORY TESTBANK CHAPTER 1 – THE BIRTH OF CIVILIZATION IDENTIFICATION QUESTIONS culture cuneiform Vedas Aryan Brahman Olmecs oracle bones pharaoh Sargon Harappa civilization Neolithic Revolution Book of the Dead Hittites Assyrians hieroglyphic Mandate of Heaven Code of Hammurabi MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS 1. Anthropologists designate early human cultures by their a. writing. c. tools. b. clothing. d. food. Answer: c Page: 6 Factual 2. The Paleolithic Age is characteri...

Which of the following describes iambic pentameter? a A 3-syllable foot occurring five times in a line. b A 2-syllable foot occurring four times in a line. c A 3-syllable foot occurring four times in a line. d A 2-syllable foot occurring five times in a line. - ANSWER-d A 2-syllable foot occurring five times in a line. Geoffrey Chaucer authored which of the following Medieval works? a Beowulf b The Canterbury Tales c The Song of Roland d Lancelot - ANSWER-b The Canterbury Tales Whi...

7 1/2 pages typed notes for FAS 201 Intro to Humanities I Module 1: Prehistoric and Ancient Near East. Subjects: - Introduction to Humanities - Central Concepts - Shared Terms in the Humanities - Human Languages, Symbolic Systems, and the Development of Human Cultures - Humanism and Universal Themes - Recurring Universal Themes - Defining Art - The Purposes of Art - Some Functions of Art - Myth and Storytelling - Describing Art and Quoting Literature - Timeline of the First Civilizations - Pre...

1 1/2 pages typed notes for FAS 201 Module 8: Connections. Subjects include: - Review of Themes