What were the features of the lives of the Bedouins in the early seventh century?
The Bedouins were Arab tribes. The main features of their lives are as follows:
● They led a nomadic life.
● They were indulged in looting, plundering and internal quarrels.
● They were camel pastoralists and moved with their animals from oases to oases.
● Date-palm and camel milk were their main diet.
● Their social organisation was based on independent tribes.
What were the effects of the Crusades on Europe and Asia?
Give examples of the cosmopolitan character of the states set up by Arabs, Iranians and Turks.
How were Islamic architectural forms different from those of the Roman Empire?
What is meant by the term ‘Abbasid revolution’?
Describe a journey from Samarqand to Damascus, referring to the cities on the route.
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 do we say that it was not natural fertility and high levels of food production that were the causes of early urbanisation?
Why was trade so significant to the Mongols?
Describe two features of early feudal society in France.
Which elements of Greek and Roman culture were revived in the 14th and 15th centuries ?
Compare the civilization of the Aztecs with that of the Mesopotamians.
How did Britain’s involvement in wars from 1793 to 1815 affect British industries?
Comment on any points of difference between the native peoples of South and North America.
What were the major developments before the Meiji restoration that made it possible for Japan to modernise rapidly?
Humans and mammals such as monkeys and apes have certain similarities in behaviour and anatomy. This indicates that humans possibly evolved from apes. List these resemblances in two columns under the headings of (a) behaviour and (b) anatomy. Are there any differences that you think are noteworthy?
Why did knights become a distinct group and when did they decline?
How did long-term changes in population levels affect economy and society in Europe
Imagine an encounter in California in about 1880 between four people: a former African slave, a Chinese labourer, a German who had come out in the Gold Rush, and a native of the Hopi tribe, and narrate their conversation.
Why was trade so significant to the Mongols?
Why would the early temple have been much like a house?
Discuss how daily life was transformed as Japan developed?
Compare the Venetian idea of good government with those in contemporary France.
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.
Why did Genghis Khan feel the need to fragment the Mongol tribes into new social and military groupings?
Comment on any points of difference between the native peoples of South and North America.