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Questions -
Q1. How does the document The Code of Hammurabi show some of the changes which took place when humans shifted from a nomadic way of life to an agrarian settled way of life?
Q2. What were some of the challenges for the first settlers of Mesopotamia? How did the environment and geography shape the people and societies of this region?
Q3. In The Epic of Gilgamesh, what kind of king is Gilgamesh in the beginning of the story? What does Enkidu represent in the Epic?
Q4. How does The Epic of Gilgamesh show how relations between men and women, or humans and the environment, were changing in the agrarian era?
Q5. What are some main themes throughout the Epic?
Q6. In what ways did the peoples of the Americas develop similar agrarian societies as ancient civilizations in Afro-Eurasia? Why do you think they developed similar patterns?
Q7. How were people of ancient South America able to bring cultivation to the high altitude of the Andes Mountains? Who were the Chavin, and why are they significant?
Q8. Why were the Olmec considered the "mother civilization" of Mesoamerica? What kinds of traditions did they establish? How did the Maya build upon some of these traditions?
Q9. Who were the Austronesians and where did they come from? How were the Malayo-Polynesians related to the Austronesians?
Q10. What were some of the causes or motives for the Malayo-Polynesian migrations?
Q11. What places did the Malayo-Polynesians migrate to, and how did they reach the distant islands?
Q12. How did Polynesian culture develop, and spread to other islands of the Pacific?
Q13. Why are the Austronesian migrations, specifically the Malayo-Polynesians, significant in world history? What are your own thoughts or views about the migrations?