Describe the early Mesopotamian city of Uruk. What will be an ...

[Yolanda]

Describe the early Mesopotamian city of Uruk.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Describe how the Neanderthals' survival as a species was affected by their ability to withstand cold weather, and how they may have died out according to Ian Gilligan's theory.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

[fauacakatahaias]

Answer to Question 1

Answer: The ideal answer will include:
1. Uruk had a population of approximately 10,000 by 3500 BCE.
2. Numerous gates and guard towers suggest the need for defense.
3. Ziggurats are a characteristic example of monumental architecture and housed many religious and administrative functions.
4. Some people were common laborers and some were elites who possessed finer clothing and other goods.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: The ideal answer will include:
1. Neanderthals were morphologically suited for cold weather with short limbs and wide bodies.
2. Cultural adaptations to withstand cold temperatures included cave dwellings and fire.
3. Stone tools from Neanderthal sites suggest the ability to make basic clothing.
4. Ian Gilligan proposes that they may have died out because they did not meet the challenge of increasingly cold temperatures by developing fitted or more sophisticated clothing.