Study Guide for Week 4

1.  To what extent were the early Hebrews influenced by Mesopotamia and Egypt?

2.  What problems do we have in learning about Phoenician society?  Compare these problems with those faced by historians learning about Harappan society, Sumerian society, Egyptian society, early Chinese society, and Minoan [Cretan] society.

3.  Compare the social and political systems of Sparta and Athens.

4.  What were the main contributions of Athenian society?
 
 

Places:
Carthage
Jerusalem
Phoenicia
Palestine
Crete
Knossos
Mycenae
Troy
Athens
Sparta