Summer reading questions part vii "the first dark ages" from a people's history of the
world by chris harman
1. what role did the monuments (pyramids, ziggurats, etc) play in early civilizations?
2. while there is a lot of debate on why certain civilizations fell, what factors does harman
suggest were common to all of them?
3. how did the building of monuments lead to scientific stagnation?
4. which two groups began to split apart early in ancient civilizations and why did this
happen?
5. what occupations emerged once people were freed from working in the fields to grow their
own food?
6. what types of things did these people produce?
7. who built the pyramids?
8. what did people do once huge civilizations collapsed?