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HIST1000 History for Today The Impact of the Ancient World on Our Daily Life Mesopotamia:

HIST1000 History for Today The Impact of the Ancient World on Our Daily Life Mesopotamia: The Epic of Gilgamesh Mathematics: fraction Lunar calendar Ziggurat. Egypt: Resurrection (vegetation cycle) [Osirus and Isis] Pyramid Mummification (medical science) Surgery Numbers Astrology.

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HIST1000 History for Today The Impact of the Ancient World on Our Daily Life Mesopotamia:

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  1. HIST1000 History for Today The Impact of the Ancient World on Our Daily Life Mesopotamia: The Epic of Gilgamesh Mathematics: fraction Lunar calendar Ziggurat

  2. Egypt: • Resurrection (vegetation cycle) [Osirus and Isis] • Pyramid • Mummification (medical science) • Surgery • Numbers • Astrology

  3. Ancient Greek mythology (and Tragedies) to drama, calendar, medical and psychological terms • Dramatic effect in the plotting • Some names of the months • Medical terms, such as Achilles heel/tendon

  4. Psychological terms, such as Oedipal Complex, tantalizing, Narcissist, … • + soccer teams, brands of sports wear, … • Ancient Greek mythology and Aesop’s Fables on management • Cf. Fred’s EMBA talk • Golden Apple – power, wealth, and love • The Wooden Horse • The Odyssey

  5. Aesop’s Fables: • Some proverbs; • A bird in hand is worth two in the bush • Sour grapes • Crying Wolf too often • Look before you leap • Slowly but surely • A friend in need is a friend indeed

  6. + The Deer and the Lion • + The Farmer and His Sons (United we stand, Divided we fall) • Ancient Greek psychology • Ancient Greek philosophy • Ancient Greek geometry (Euclid, Father of Geometry; Pythagoras Theorem) • Ancient Greek physics (Archimedes’ Principle: Density = Mass/Volume)

  7. Alexander the Great (from polis to cosmopolitan) • Satrapy in governing • Julius Caesar (dictatus) • Augustus Caesar (imperator) • Christianity • The Decline & Fall of the Roman Empire

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