Question 1: Compare and contrast the military and political structure of the Hittites and the Assyrians. What were the strengths and weaknesses of each? What caused their collapse?
Your response should be at least 300 words in length.
Question 2: Discuss the rise of the Persian Empire. How was it different from previous major empires in the Middle East? How did it gain so much power? What problems did it face?
Your response should be at least 300 words in length.
Question 3: Characterize the major differences between Sparta and Athens, including your view of the strengths and weaknesses of each. Which do you think reflected qualities necessary to the maintenance of present-day democracies, and why?
Your response should be at least 300 words in length.