Compare and contrast the situations and roles of free women (not slaves) in THREE of the civilizations we have studied (choose from ancient Egypt, Hammurabis Babylonia, Archaic-Classical Sparta, and Rome from the 3rd cent. BCE to the 3rd cent. CE). What legal and social regulations affected them? As a concluding argument, explain which free women among your selected three had the most AND which the least overall rights and out-of-home work opportunities (identify these).
Hammurabis Babylonia, the Neo-Assyrians, the Achaemenid Persians, and the Republican to early Imperial Romans provide us with varying strategies for governing an empire. Identify the strategies used by any THREE of these governments (select the six most significant strategies of each) and discuss their reasons for applying these main strategies in their context. As a concluding argument, which of your selected three were the most AND the least successful in implementing their ruling methods, and why (i.e., how do you support this ranking)?
