Required Texts: The Essential World History by Duiker and Spielvogel, published by Cengage, 8th edition, ISBN 978-1-305-51022-7 (full edition) OR 978-1305645356 (Volume I only)
Please, please, please use ONLY the textbook above.
Please, please use simple wording and clear and short answers as numbered.
Please answer the following questions. These are drawn from the primary readings in the textbook.
- What physical features related to the skull and brain enable homo sapiens to do more and solve more problems than Ardi or Lucy?
- What are the main functions of the State? How did a theocracy handle these demands? How did a monarchy?
On page 13, we see the Code of Hammurabi, written by or at the order of the earlier Babylonian King, Hammurabi. - What laws imply or suggest a social hierarchy? It doesn’t say it in an obvious way, but what laws indicate some people have more value than others?
- Which of Hammurabi’s Laws indicate a gender hierarchy? Are there different values for women and men?
- Comparing what you’ve read of Cyrus and the Assyrian Kings, who do you think would agree more with Hammurabi’s Law Code? Why? What changes might Cyrus or an Assyrian king make to the Code to suit his culture better?