Which elements of Greek and Roman culture were revived in the 14th and 15th centuries ?

Why would the early temple have been much like a house?

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

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

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

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

What was the function of medieval monasteries?

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

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

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

Why was trade so significant to the Mongols?

What were the new developments helping European navigation in the 15th century?

Why would the early temple have been much like a house?

What were the interesting features of the inventions of this period?

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

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

Which of the following do you think is best documented in the archaeological record: (a) gathering, (b) tool making, (c) the use of fire?

What new food items were transmitted from South America to the rest of the world?

Indicate how the supply of raw materials affected the nature of British industrialization.

Discuss the extent to which (a) hunting and (b) constructing shelters would have been facilitated by the use of language. What other modes of communication could have been used for these activities?

Why were Italian towns the first to experience the ideas of humanism?