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How did the gradual transformation from hunting and gathering to agriculture probably occur? How did it spread? |
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What were the most significant positive and negative effects of the agricultural transition on human society? |
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How did early cities differ from Neolithic villages and towns? What was the significance of the need for irrigation to the political development of Mesopotamia? |
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What were the underlying principles of Hammurabi's code of laws and what does the law code tell us about the kind of society that existed in Mesopotamia at the time? |
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What were the technological innovations of the early Mesopotamians and how did they contribute to the development of the culture and to its overall economic prosperity? |
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What is the significance of the development of cuneiform writing to the Mesopotamian culture and the surrounding areas? |
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Why were the Assyrians such formidable conquerors? |
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Compare and contrast the history of the early Jewish community and the Phoenician culture. How did the Mesopotamians influence each? |
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What were the origins and early development of the Indo-Europeans? |
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Discuss where and how the Indo-European cultures spread through Eurasia. |
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