Answer each question with a 2 page (450-750 word) essay. So in total there should be 6 pages, 2 pages each. 2 sources for each and cited as such.
1. Think about the
various types of leadership and government in ancient Mesopotamian. How does
this change over time? Write an essay about kingdoms controlled or ruled by the
priesthood (Sumer), warrior kings (Akkad), and law-giver kings like Hammurabi
(Babylon). Compare the three styles and how they were effective for each
civilization. How does all of this effect the various social classes? Which
type of leadership would you have preferred to live under if you were in
ancient Mesopotamia?
2. How does burial of the dead change over time
in ancient Egypt? Compare the different processes (physical preparation) and
places the dead are buried (in the ground, in pyramids, in the rock tombs like
the Valley of the Kings). How is burial different among the nobility and common
folk? What are some of the religious implications and expectations for
afterlife that surround these burials?
3.
Compare the different types of writing used by Mesopotamians and Egyptians. Why
do the Sumerians invent writing? How does cuneiform and its uses change over
time? How about Egyptian writing? What
happens to the hieroglyphs?
Last Completed Projects
| topic title | academic level | Writer | delivered |
|---|