Themes in World History - NCERT Solutions - GeniusJnr

What were the features of humanist thought?

Did Japan’s policy of rapid industrialisation lead to wars with its neighbours and destruction of the environment?

Discuss the extent to which (a) hunting and (b) constructing shelters would have been facilitated by the use of language. What other modes of communication could have been used for these activities?

How satisfactory is a museum gallery display in explaining the culture of people? Give examples from your own experience of a museum.

Of the new institutions that came into being once city life had begun, which would have depended on the initiative of the king ?

Suppose the emperor Trajan had actually managed to conquer India and the Romans had held on to the country for several centuries. In what ways do you think India might be different today?

How were the lives of different classes of British women affected by the Industrial Revolution?

How were Islamic architectural forms different from those of the Roman Empire?

Write an account of the journey of an African boy of seventeen captured and taken to Brazil as a slave.

Keeping the nomadic element of the Mongol and Bedouin societies in mind, how, in your opinion, did their respective historical experiences differ? What explanations would you suggest account for these difference?

Imagine and describe a day in the life of a craftsman in a medieval French town.

Go through the chapter carefully and pick out some basic features of Roman society and economy which you think make it look quite modern.