History 8 Mesopotamia Part 1
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1. What are the common markers of material civilization?
2. According to Michael Wood, what do the material markers hide?
3. What are the basic tenets of the Modern West?
4. The Sumerians were particularly vulnerable to outside attack. Explain why.
6. What effect did population growth have on the environment?
7. Detail ways in which the natural environment influenced religious beliefs in Sumer?
8. What are the key arts of civilization?
9. What was the role of technology in the rise of empires in Mesopotamia?
10. What was the role of writing in Ancient Sumer?
11. What are the basic features of Mesopotamian culture as reflected in its literature and art?
12. Who was Sargon of Akkad and why was he significant?
13. What were the reasons for the fall of Sumerian civilization?
14. How does Wood characterize this civilization and why?
15. What significant changes in government happened in the shift to the Babylonian Empire?
16. The function of written law in ancient Babylon?
18. Explain the Law of Talon? How did influence Hammurabi's code?