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Select ONE оf the fоllоwing questions аnd provide аn аnswer supported by evidence in roughly 250 words. 1. What do the poetry of Homer and Hesiod, and/or the plays of Classical Athens, reveal about the cultures that produced them? 2. Discuss writing: its emergence, functions and evolution in several civilizations in the ancient world before Rome. 3. How did ethical monotheism emerge among the Hebrews, and ethical dualism in Persia? What pressures facing Israel influenced the prophets? How did Zoroaster reject earlier religious practices? 4. For most of our existence as a species, human beings only hunted and gathered. How did the emergence of agriculture and animal husbandry contribute to civilization's successes... and new problems? 5. The rise of the Bronze Age saw much innovation: what kinds, why? Its end saw, in some places, collapse. How... and why? 6. Compare and contrast Egypt and Mesopotamia: politics, religion, and culture. 7. What does the Epic of Gilgamesh reveal about Mesopotamian beliefs, values and society? 8. Compare and contrast the roles of women in the ancient world across at least three societies. 9. Compare Athens and Sparta: their societies, political systems, and ways of life. 10. Describe the process whereby Athens left behind rule by aristocrats, to embrace rule by citizens. Discuss Athens' political institutions under democracy. 12. Trace in some detail the evolution of artistic forms from the Paleolithic to the Hellenistic. 13. Trace the evolution of philosophy in the Greek world, from the pre-Socratics to the Hellenistic era. A successful answer should address at least three different philosophical perspectives or approaches.