What facilitated interactions between Bronze Age civilizations, for good or bad? Discuss where you might see these interactions
What will be an ideal response?
Two major avenues for interaction existed among early communities: conquest and trade. Students could look to the empire-building efforts of Sargon of Akkad in conquering the Fertile Crescent area, the Hyksos dominating Egypt in the second intermediate period, or both Thutmose and Ramses' imperial expansions of Egypt. For trade, the city of Babylon and the island of Crete serve as good examples of strategically located places of trade, both serving as intersections of many civilizations for trade of goods and cultural ideas.
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A. the absence of slavery had stunted economic growth in California. B. land policy and corruption had deprived many of the California dream. C. the U.S. was no longer a place where immigrants could realize their dream of a better life. D. the Chinese had suffered unfairly in California's history.
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a. Germany b. United States c. Britain d. India e. Japan
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