Questions
Explain why Mesopotamia developed city-states while Egypt developed a national state.
Summarize the different attitudes toward law in the Near East and Egypt. Use your readings from Hammurabi and Hittite law codes in your answer. Is there some reason we have no surviving law code from Egypt? Why or why not?
How did the Athenian Amphictyony differ from the Delian League? How did the Athenian Amphictyony differ from the earlier Near Eastern empires? How did Greek city-states evolve into the Greek empire?
How did Greek cities determine the law?
How were the Hellenistic cities founded in the Near East different from classical Greek cities?
With both local citizenship and city of origin reduced in political importance, how did the Hellenistic Greeks come to define Greek?
Government and religion worked together throughout the ancient world. How did this cooperation manifest itself differently in the major cultures?
Compare the understanding and role of law in Babylonia (Hammurabi), Athens, and Rome. How do they differ in approach and application?
Attachment:- Ancient World Worksheet.rar