Step 4: Put it All Together
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PUT IT ALL TOGETHER
Now, take a step back and try to explain the big picture. Remember to use specific examples from the chapter in your answers.
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EARLY HUMAN HISTORY What were the advantages of settled agriculture over a foraging lifestyle? What were the disadvantages? What connections can you make between the development of social hierarchies and the advent of settled agriculture? |
MESOPOTAMIA How did the Mesopotamians imagine their gods? How did they imagine their relationship to them? What does Hammurabi’s Code tell us about the values and priorities of its authors? |
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EGYPT What role did the king or pharaoh play in Egyptian life? In what ways did the New Kingdom differ from the Old Kingdom? 
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MAKE CONNECTIONS What basic elements of Mesopotamian and Egyptian society can be traced back to the Neolithic period? What might explain the powerful influence of Mesopotamian and Egyptian culture on the societies that succeeded them in northern Africa and the eastern Mediterranean? 
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