Choose one of the following topics and right a one-thousand word essay in which you support the position you adopt for or against one of the given propositions with historical evidence. Cite any quoted material using endnotes.
1. Religion was / was not a significant factor in the development of early world civilizations.
2. Trade was / was not a factor in generating cross-cultural contact between different civilizations.
3. Gender roles in early civilizations did / did not differ considerably from one society to another.
4. Settled agricultural societies were / were not superior to nomadic hunter-gatherer societies.