Instructions: Read Thinking Historically: The Classical Mediterranean in Comparative Perspective from page 89 in the World Civilizations textbook and then answer the questions below. Your answers should be written as a short essay that addresses each question. Use the writing focus below to help you write from a comparative perspective. *Remember, your essay must include evidence from the document and the chapter. Cite all evidence using parenthetical references. The document should be cited by title the chapter should be cited as Stearns followed by the page number. You will post your answers in the comment box. I highly recommend that you draft your answer in a Google document and then copy and paste your answer into the comment box. After you have posted your essay in the comments, respond to two classmates posts.
Document: Thinking Historically: The Classical Mediterranean in Comparative Perspective. (Pg. 89)
Writing Focus: Each classical civilization emphasized a clear social hierarchy, with substantial distance between elites and the majority of people who did the manual and menial work.
1. Why did the classical civilizations seem to need radical social inequalities?
2. What was the relationship between wealth and social position in each classical civilization?
3. If India used religion to compensate for social inequalities, what did China and the Mediterranean cultures use?
