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

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

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

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?

Of the new institutions that came into being once city life had begun, which would have depended on the initiative of the king?

Why were mobile animal herders not necessarily a threat to town life?

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?

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

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?

‘If history relies upon written records produced by city-based literati, nomadic societies will always receive a hostile representation.’ Would you agree with this statement? Does it explain the reason why Persian chronicles produced such inflated figures of casualties resulting from Mongol campaigns?

Keeping the nomadic element of the Mongol and Bedouin societies in mind, how, in your opinion, did their respective historical experiences differ? What explanations would you suggest account for these differences?

What is meant by the term ‘Abbasid revolution’?

What was the function of medieval monasteries?

How did the Qing dynasty try and meet the challenge posed by the Western powers?

Do you think that Mao Zedong and the Communist Party of China were successful in liberating China and laying the basis for its current success?

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.

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?

How satisfactory is a museum gallery display in explaining the culture of a people? Give examples from your own experience of a museum.