Problem
Why is the period between 2000 and 1000 B.C.E a climacteric in world history? What were the reasons for the disappearance of many civilizations across the world and how did Egypt and China manage to sustain their civilization for longer terms?
How did Greek culture spread around the Mediterranean world? How did the interplay of cultures in the Mediterranean and Indian Ocean basins affect the development of civilization in those areas? Why was trade and colonization important to Greeks and the Phoenicians?
How did the isolation of cultures in the Americas and Africa affect the development of civilization there? What important cultural and technological developments occurred in Africa and America between 1000 and 500 B.C.E?
What roles did war, conquest, and terror play in the Assyrian Empire? Why was the city of Babylon so important to the people and rulers of the Middle East?