5. what was the motivation for building the pyramids? (not “what
was the purpose of the pyramids? '')
6. what protected egypt from outside peoples? how were the
egyptians eventually conquered by the semitic people of the middle east?
the bonze age
what do textbooks normally do to the river valley civilizations?
2. what do egypt, mesopotamia, anatolia, etc. have in common?
a. trade: what did underwater archaeologists find on the shipwreck?
b. war: what was one of the main drivers of economic growth?
c. family: how did these civilizations share familial relationships?