COMPARATIVE QUESTIONS

1. Using evidence from all five sources, compare and contrast social, political, and religious life in ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt, and the Mediterranean.

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   Using evidence from all five sources, compare and contrast social, political, and religious life in ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt, and the Mediterranean.
2. How do deities function in the different societies? Why are some rulers portrayed as gods or godlike? How would this affect their governance? In what ways did Akhenaten both build upon and depart from these precedents in his worship of Aten?

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   How do deities function in the different societies? Why are some rulers portrayed as gods or godlike? How would this affect their governance? In what ways did Akhenaten both build upon and depart from these precedents in his worship of Aten?
3. What qualities and characteristics are associated with women in the Epic of Gilgamesh and Hammurabi’s code? What do these sources say about gender attitudes in the two societies?

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   What qualities and characteristics are associated with women in the Epic of Gilgamesh and Hammurabi’s code? What do these sources say about gender attitudes in the two societies?
4. Historians traditionally view cities, formal political systems, knowledge of writing, and diverse crafts as defining features of civilization. In what ways do these documents reflect such definitions?

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   Historians traditionally view cities, formal political systems, knowledge of writing, and diverse crafts as defining features of civilization. In what ways do these documents reflect such definitions?