Select ONE of the following questions and provide an answer…
Select ONE of the following questions and provide an answer supported by evidence in roughly 250 words. What attitudes and mentalities do we see in early Greek society, notably in the poetry of Hesiod and of Homer? Discuss writing: its emergence, functions and evolution in several civilizations in the ancient world before Rome. Discuss religious structures and transformation in at last three cultures in the Ancient World. For most of our existence as a species, human beings only hunted and gathered. How did the emergence of agriculture and animal husbandry contribute to civilization’s successes… and new problems? The rise of the Bronze Age saw much innovation: what kinds, why? Its end saw, in some places, collapse. How.. and why? Compare and contrast Egypt and Mesopotamia: politics, religion, and culture. What does the Epic of Gilgamesh reveal about Mesopotamian beliefs and society? Compare the roles of women in the ancient world across at least three societies. (Note that most men and women stayed home and worked in small-scale agriculture.) Describe and explain some of the cultural contributions of classical Greece. Describe the process whereby Athens left behind rule by aristocrats, to embrace rule by citizens. Discuss Athens’ political institutions under democracy. Trace in some detail the evolution of artistic forms from the Paleolithic to the Hellenistic.
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