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1. Whatsaressomesofsthesdifficultiessinsusingsancientswritingsasshistoricalsevidence?


2. Whatsdosdifferentswritingsmaterials—claystablets,sbones,sbamboo,setc.—
revealsaboutsthesrespectivesculturesthatsusedsthem?


3. Howsdidshistorianssofstheseighteenthscenturysdefines“civilization,”sandswhatslastingspr
oblemsshassthisscreated?


4. HowsdidsSumer'ssgeographysinfluencesthesreligiousssystemscreatedsthere?


5. HowsdidsashereditaryskingshipsandsaristocracysdevelopsinsSumer?


6. WhatsfactorsshelpedsSargonsandsHammurabiscreatessomesofsthesfirstsempires?


7. WhatsgeographicalsfactorssshapedsEgyptianscivilization?


8. DescribesthescomplexsrolesofsthespharaohsinsEgyptianspoliticssandsreligion.


9. DescribesthesrelationshipsbetweensEgyptsandsNubia.


10. ExplainswhysthesPersiansscreatedsassystemsofsroadssandshowsthesesroadssbenefitedstheirsem
pire.


11. DescribessomesofstheschangessbroughtstosMesopotamianssocietiessbysthesintroductionsofssu
stainedsagriculture.


12. MesopotamiasandsEgyptsweresbothssitessofsancientscivilizations.sDescribeseachscivilizatio
nsinstermssofsitsspoliticalsstructure,sreligion,ssociety,sandsculture.sHowscanswesaccountsforst
hessimilaritiessandsdifferencessbetweensthem?


13. ExplainsthesdifferencessandssimilaritiessbetweensPhoenician,sMesopotamian,sandsEgy
ptianswritingssystems.sWhyswasswritingsimportantstosthesdevelopmentsofseachsofsthesesc
ivilizations?




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14. HowsdidsthesworshipsofsYahwehsbysthesHebrewsscompareswithshowsthesM
esopotamians,sEgyptians,sandsPersianssworshipedstheirsgods?


15. ExplainsthesrolessofswomensinsEgyptiansandsHebrewssocieties.sDiscussssimilaritiessandsdif
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1. Answerswouldsideallysinclude:

Thesanswersshouldsdiscusssthesdifficultiessinstranslationsandsinsdiscoveringsthesmeaningsbe
hindswrittenssymbols.sManysofsthesworksssurvivesonlysinscopiessofsthesoriginal,sandsthesesc
opiessmightshavesbeenscorruptedsorschangedsinstranscription.sAdditionally,sbecausesonlyste
xtssthatsweresatssomespointsdeemedsimportantswouldshavesbeenscopiedsmultiplestimes—
documentssreferringstospoliticalsorsmilitarysevents,srecordssofsreligiousstraditions,sorswritin
gsfromsindividualssachievingsnotoriety—
whatssurvivesstodaysissasverysselectivessamplesofswritingsfromsanyshistoricalsperiod.sWritte
nsdocumentssdealingswithseverydayslife—particularlyswomen'sstexts—aresmuchsrarer.
2. Answerswouldsideallysinclude:

Thesmaterialsusedspresentsshistoriansswithsmuchsinformationsaboutswhatsmaterialssweresav
ailablestosascultureslocallysandssometimessindicatesssomethingsofsthestradesrelationssbetwee
nscultures.sSomeswritingsmaterialssaresmores“permanent”sthansothers,ssostheskindsofsmateri
alsusedswillsalsosdetermineshowsmuchswritingssurvives.sSometimessthespermanenceswassin
tendeds(inscriptionssinsstone),sandssometimessitswassaccidentals(claystabletssthatshardened)
.
3. Answerswouldsideallysinclude:

Eighteenth-centuryshistorianssdefinedscivilizationssasssocietiesswithslarge-
scalesandscomplexsorganizationssofslaw,spolitics,seconomics,sandsculture.sThissdefinitionsh
asscreatedsthesconceptsofscivilizationsassasnaturalsprogressionsfromssimplestoscomplex.sThes
earliestsplacessthatswritingsandscitiessdevelopedsweresreferredstosassthes“cradlesofscivilizati
on.”sThesesideassalsosledstosthesassumptionsthatsallssocietiessmustsgosthroughsthessamesstag
essandsthatsanyssocietysthatsdevelopedsinsasdifferentswayswassthereforeslesssadvancedsorslesss
valued.sThissperspectivesresultedsinsasprivilegingsofsthesWesternsmodelsofssocietalsdevelop
mentsoversothersregionalsmodels.
4. Answerswouldsideallysinclude:

ThesgeographysofsSumer,sasswithsallsofsMesopotamia,smadesforsansunpredictablesclimate.s
ThesSumerianssperceivedsviolentsflooding,sextremesdroughts,sandsothersdangeroussweathe
rsconditionssasspunishmentssmetedsoutsbysmercurialsandseasilysangeredsgods.sTherefore,sth
eysusedsgiftssandsprayerssassasmeansstosappeasesthesgodssandsmaintainsorder.
5. Answerswouldsideallysinclude:

WhensSumerianscity-
statessfacedsmilitarysorsenvironmentalsthreats,stheysoftensturnedstospriestssorsmilitarysleader
sstosdefendscityswallssagainstsinvaderssorsmobilizesarmiessagainststheselements.sGraduallyst
hesesleaderssbecamespermanentsandstriedstosestablishshereditarysdynasties;ssomesformedsal
liancesswithsotherswarriors,swhosalsoscreatedsdynasties.sPowersthussbecameshereditary.
6. Answerswouldsideallysinclude:




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