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The Western Experience book cover
The Western Experience, 8/e
Mortimer Chambers, University of California - Los Angeles
Barbara Hanawalt, Ohio State University
Theodore Rabb, Princeton University
Isser Woloch, Columbia University
Raymond Grew, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
The First Civilizations

Essay Quiz



1

Explain what you think prompted people to initiate the first civilizations. How do you explain the development of civilizations in different places during the same period of time?

2

What advantages do people get from civilization? What do they lose? Use examples from Egyptian and Near Eastern civilizations in your answer.

3

Given the historical conditions of the time, if you were a Persian king in the year 550, how would you organize your empire? Why?









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