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Assignment - Review Questions on the Near East and Human Beginnings.
1. Why do so many monuments from ancient Egypt survive?
2. Who oversaw the construction of Djoser's pyramid?
3. Which US president relied on astrology?
4. What was the key to deciphering Egyptian hieroglyphs?
5. What was the writing system of the Sumerians?
6. According to the video, who was the first woman poet?
7. What geographical feature facilitated the unification of Egypt?
8. Who developed a theory of natural selection at the same time as Charles Darwin?
9. Based on the video, what is the gist of the Epic of Gilgamesh?
10. What was the eugenics movement?
11. What was Buck v Bell?
12. What did Charles Darwin believe to have been an accident?
13. What were some of the developments that happened in the agricultural revolution
14. What replaced foraging?
15. What were the major contributions of the civilizations of Mesopotamia?
16. What were the major contributions of the civilizations of Egypt?
17. How did the Apple II and the Altair 8800 change history?
18. What is the meaning of "ankh"?