Boorstin, Daniel J. The Creators: A History of Heroes of the Imagination. Reprint ed. 1993. Demonstrates how creators of art, architecture, and other artistic expressions have the power not only to reflect but also to shape the human experience.
Cahill, Thomas. Desire of the Everlasting Hills: The World Before and After Jesus (Hinges of History). 1999. [...]
Select three examples of politically powerful civilizations from different time periods and geographic regions. Have chapter members represent each civilization in a mini-drama that portrays the factors that contributed to each civilizations’ power. Determine whether power was derived from the civilizations’ religions, resources, or quests for glory. Why?
Research which factors (gold, gods, or glory) played [...]
The First Civilizations (3100 B.C.E. - 700 B.C.E.):
Code of Hammurabi in Mesopotamia
Building of Mesopotamian ziggurats and Egyptian pyramids
Earliest writings developed (e.g. Egyptian Book of the Dead, Mesopotamian Epic of Gilgamesh, Vedic Rig Veda, and Mayan Popul Vuh)
Development of Caste System in India
Origination of Buddhism in the Himalayas
Great Wall of China built
Confucianism and Taoism developed during [...]
