Part one
read the following and answer the Research questions Your total writing should be at least 300 words
Research and Discussion Question for Cave Paintings reading
1. Describe and the explain the significance in terms of material culture of two of the
following examples of early human art: the Venus of Willendorf in Austria, Altamira cave paintings in Spain, Cueva de las Manos in Argentina, Coldstream Burial Stone in South Africa, Cosquer and Chauvet caves in France, Arnhem Land, Mt. Borradaile area in Australia, and Marang Mountains of eastern Borneo, Indonesia.
Research and Discussion Questions for Ötzi and the Copper Age reading
1. How was Ötzi mummified?
2. What objects were traded and how did trade function in the Alpine Copper Age?
3. What kind of crops were grown and what kinds of animals were raised in the Alpine Copper
Age.
Part two
Hammurabi’s Code, Iraq Legacy/Gilgamesh Kickstart
This discussion has three parts. Your total writing should be at least 300 words and you must also comment on the work of a colleague.
Part 1: Based on the Michael Wood documentary Iraq: Cradle of Civilization answer two of the following….
What did the landscape of southern Iraq look like 5,000 years ago compared to today?
What is noteworthy about the walls and architecture of Uruk?
When Michael Wood visited the marshes of southern Iraq, what connections did he see between the past and the present?
Part 2:
Part 2: Using examples from Hammurabi’s code (the PDF is posted in this module) answer two of the following. Use this document. Do NOT look up the code on Wikipedia:
a. What does the code reveal about the social hierarchy in ancient Mesopotamia?
c. What does the code tell us about the status of women in ancient Iraq? Does the code offer women any protections?
d. What aspects of dealing with everyday are revealed in the code?
Part 3: Epic of Gilgamesh kickstart….To get us started with Gilgamesh, answer the following from Tablets I and II (pages 3-22).
a. What kind of king is Gilgamesh and where does he live?
b. Who is Enkidu and why is he created?
c. Who is Humbaba?
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