What kind of economic activities did the Hittites rely on? What kind of occupations do you see in the documents?

Part 1:

• What kind of economic activities did the Hittites rely on? What kind of occupations do you see in the documents? (Please read The Code of Nesilim and Hittite Land Deed carefully and connect them with what you learn in the lectures.)

• How has the legal position of women changed from the River Valley Civilizations to the Hittite kingdom? What do we learn about women from the Hittite documents? (Please remember what you read last week (Sumerian and Egyptian sources) and compare them with the Hittite documents)

• What are the differences and similarities between River Valley Civilizations and the Successor States?

• What do we learn about people’s beliefs from The Rig Veda? Please compare it with the sources you read last week (The Epic of Gilgamesh, The Ancestor Worship)

• Why is the Hittite law so detailed? Why is there so much detailed focus in Hittite laws on aspects of human and animal sexual acts? Please back up your argument with examples and explanations from the readings and lectures.