Mandate of Heaven
Satrapy
Gathas
Democracy
Hellenism
Chapter Overview or Section Focus Questions
Ch. 1. How did these innovations (technological and other innovations) increase their ability to determine their own destinies?
Ch. 2. How do historians explain the rise of cities?
Ch. 3. Which features of ancient Indian and Chinese society and culture shaped later developments most fundamentally?
Ch. 3. How did cultural developments in early Indian history shape the structure of society?
Ch. 4. What were the main characteristics of early empires?
Ch. 5. What cultural innovations appeared in Greece during its Classical Age?
Making Connections Questions
Ch. 1. What gender-specific roles can we discern in early human history, and how did they emerge?
Ch. 2. What was the relationship between gods and humans in Mesopotamia and Egypt?
Ch. 3. How did the development of Indus Valley cities compare with the processes in Southwest Asia and China?
Ch. 4. How did imperial policies and trade contacts influence the spread of writing systems?
Ch. 5. What ideals of classical Greece influenced later developments in world history?
Topics based on lectures
Early Hinduism, phase one and phase two
Democracy in Athens
Nani
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