The Origins of Western Civilizations
Focus Questions
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| 1. What were the consequences of hunting and gathering for early human societies? |
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| 2. What changes allowed the transition from hunter-gatherer to sedentary societies? |
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| 3. What were the principal influences behind the early emergence of urban life in Mesopotamia? |
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| 4. Why did a common religion not create peace among the Sumerians? |
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| 5. How did Hammurabi bind his empire together? |
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| 6. In what ways did patterns of development in early Egypt differ from those in Sumer? |
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