PART ONE: SHORT ANSWERS

Answer TEN of the following questions, in short (roughly one paragraph) answers. You will not need to use full sentences, but provide enough information so that I can tell what you are talking about. Specific answers with specific examples will be particularly rewarded.

1) What were some of the major, long-term consequences of the Neolithic Revolution?

2) Why did urban civilizations first develop in river valleys? Where and when did the first urban civilizations appear?

3) What was the caste system, and where and how did it develop?

4) What was the importance of the development of iron working in the history of Eurasian civilizations?

5) How did the religion of the Israelites/Jews differ from other ancient religions?

6) What were some of the major questions that Ancient Greek philosophers tried to answer?

7) What were the long-term effects of the conquests of Alexander the Great?

8) What are the main ideas of Buddhism?

9) What were the major innovations of the Chinese "Warring States Period"?

10) Describe the characteristics of Shi Huang Di's first Chinese Empire (the Qin Dynasty).

11) What were the basic principles behind the development of the Roman Republic?

12) Why did the Roman Republic collapse in the first century BCE?

13) Identify the speaker and meaning of the following quote:

"Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name.

Your kingdom come.

Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread.

And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.

And do not bring us to the time of trial, but rescue us from the evil one."

14) How were the ideas of Confucius important in Chinese society?

15) Why did the Roman government persecute Christians? When the Roman persecution of Christians end?

17) What was Byzantium? What were its characteristic features?

18) How was Islam related to Christianity and Judaism?

19) Discuss the political circumstances of the time period shown in the map attached:

20) Identify and discuss the significance of the image attached:

21) Identify and discuss the significance of the image attached:

PART TWO: TOPICAL ESSAY

Choose ONE and discuss in a short with specific examples from the civilizations we have encountered in this class:

1) Most religious movements in history have had to address the so-called "Problem of Evil" (i.e. why do bad things happen to good people?). Describe and compare how at least three different religious movements discussed in the course and readings have understood the nature of "evil."

2) What is a "Universal Religion"? How were universal religions different from most ancient religions? How did universal faiths like Christianity, Islam and Mahayana Buddhism reshape the politics and societies of Afro-Eurasia at the end of the ancient world?

3) How did the status of women vary in ancient societies? What were the most important factors that determined the status, freedoms and power of women in ancient societies, and why?

4) Imagine you are a person living in one of the ancient societies we have looked at in class. Write a critique of modern American society from that ancient person's perspective.

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