Why would the early temple have been muc | Class 11 History - Themes in World History Chapter Writing and City Life, Writing and City Life NCERT Solutions

What do ancient stories tell us about the civilisation of Mesopotamia?

Compare the Venetian idea of good government with those in contemporary France.

Why do we say that it was not natural fertility and high levels of food production that were the causes of early urbanisation?

Compare the conditions of life for a French serf and a Roman slave.

Why was trade so significant to the Mongols?

What was the function of medieval monasteries?

Why did knights become a distinct group and when did they decline?

How do later Mongol reflections on the yasa bring out the uneasy relationship they had with the memory of Genghis Khan.

How did long-term changes in population levels affect economy and society in Europe

Why did Genghis Khan feel the need to fragment the Mongol tribes into new social and military groupings?

Discuss the arguments advanced in favour of the regional continuity model of human origins. Do you think it provides a convincing explanation of the archaeological evidence? Give reasons for your answer.

Did Japan’s policy of rapid industrialization lead to wars with its neighbors and destruction of the environment?

Which of the following were necessary conditions and which the causes, of early urbanisation, and which would you say were the outcome of the growth of cities:

(a) highly productive agriculture,

(b) water transport,

(c) the lack of metal and stone,

(d) the division of labour,

(e) the use of seals,

(f) the military power of kings that made labour compulsory?

What were the effects of the Crusades on Europe and Asia?

What were the features of the lives of the Bedouins in the early seventh century?

Why do we say that it was not natural fertility and high levels of food production that were the causes of early urbanisation?

Look at the diagram showing the positive feedback mechanism on page 13. Can you list the inputs that went into tool making? What were the processes that were strengthened by tool making?

Why did Genghis Khan feel the need to fragment the Mongol tribes into new social and military groupings?

Write an account of the journey of an African boy of seventeen captured and taken to Brazil as a slave.
 

Give examples of the cosmopolitan character of the states set up by Arabs, Iranians and Turks.