i need help with my history h.w.?
December 2, 2010 | In: Architectural History
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Question by Erika T: i need help with my history h.w.?
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which of the following was not a factor in determining punishment, compensation, or behavioral restraints in the law code of Hammurabi?
a. gender
b. religion
c. social class
d. slave status
while early cities served many functions, archaeological excavations of Sumerian cities have led most scholars to agree that their primary function was as
a. defensive fortresses
b. royal palaces
c. marketplaces
d. religious centers
the oldest known agriculture villages developed during the:
a. neolithic age, in Mesopotamia
b. paleolithic age, in the great rift valley
c. ice age, in northern china
d. Mesolithic age, in the Nile valley
which of the following conditions was apparently typical of the earliest cites and city-states:
a. the existence of large numbers of slaves
b. destructive warfare with neighboring city-states
c. the subordination of women to male dominance
d. all of the above
the Sumerian epic of Gilgamesh provides us with a superb depiction of.
a. the all-powerful nature of Sumerian kingship
b. a world in which humans were subject to the whims of powerful gods
c. a society of unequal social classes
d. the transition from agricultural village to city-state
the development of writing began with pictogram and culminated in
a. Ideograms
b. cuneiform writing
c. phonetic alphabets
d. quipu
in order to maintain order, organize public works and secure obedience to the rulers, city-states had to develop a new “civic loyalty,” based upon the individual’s identification with:
a. shared geographical space.
b. ties of blood and kinship
c. his or her social class
d. all of the above.
which of the following areas has not been identified as an area of “innovative primary urbanization” – that is a region in which cities developed independently, without benefiting from cultural diffusion from other areas?
a. the Indus river valley, in modern-day Pakistan
b. the Andes mountains , in Peru
c. the Niger river valley, in west Africa
d. the mainland and islands of Greece
the wealth and semi divine nature of Sumerian kings has been confirmed by the unearthing of:
a. the ziggurat of Ur
b. the royal standard of Ur
c. bas-reliefs
d. the royal toms of Ur
among the many important inventions which of the Sumerians appear to have developed are cuneiform script, the wheeled cart, irrigation systems and:
a. the brewing of ale
b. the manufacture of paper
c. slash and burn agriculture
d. all of the above
considerable architectural and literary evidence exists that suggest the wealthiest and most powerful class in the cities of ancient sumer may have been the
a. kings
b. soldiers
c. priests
d. scribes
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