Discuss the principal differences between Paleolithic and Neolithic societies. How do we see this manifest in the artifacts left behind by each?
- What cultural and technical innovations were made by the Sumerians? When we look at their artwhich is visually more complex than Prehistoric art–how can we tell that were seeing a greater degree of civilization?
- What is iconoclasm? Why is it done? Cite an example.
- What is the Code of Hammurabi? What does it tell us about kingship and religion in Mesopotamia? How do the artists use text and image to convey Hammurabis ideals?
- What do the Pyramid Texts of Egypt tell us about their ideas about death and salvation?
