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a.    What are some of causes of the fall of the Roman Empire? Why are there so many different opinions about this? What do you think was the reason for the fall of Rome? b.    How did Alexander the Great’s conquests affect the history and culture of the Near and […]

Explore Socrates’ relation to the divine.  (Given that he is accused of impiety, how do you assess his successive reactions to the oracle’s response?  How does that story and his behavior on trial help or harm his defense relative to the charge of atheism?  How does his inner voice or […]

Step one: Read the paper at: http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/soc/faculty/mann/Doc1.pdf 1. What was the ancient state? With reference to Egypt, Israel and Greece, discuss whether there was such a thing as the state, and whether (or how) it varied across the three. 2. In Mann’s terms, what sort of power did ancient leaders […]

Although several different mammalian species have been cloned, the efficiency of this process is extremely low. Often tens or even hundreds of oocytes must be implanted with donor nuclei to obtain one healthy live birth. Many researchers believe the difficulties with cloning reside in the epigenetic modifications, such as DNA […]