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WAAncient History

Unit 3: Study of an Ancient Society

14 dot points across 14 inquiry questions. Click any dot point for a focused answer with worked past exam questions where available.

How do historians use and evaluate fragmentary ancient sources to reconstruct the past?

How did the economy of New Kingdom Egypt work, and how did agriculture, trade, tribute and temple wealth sustain royal power?

How did Egypt rebuild itself into an imperial power from Tetisheri to the reign of Tuthmosis III?

How did Hatshepsut achieve and exercise power as a female pharaoh, and how should we assess her reign?

How was New Kingdom Egyptian society structured and governed, and how did this organisation sustain royal power and authority?

How did religion, the cult of Amun and the priesthood shape power and authority in New Kingdom Egypt?

How did the New Kingdom army develop, and how did imperial expansion under Tuthmosis III build Egyptian power and authority?

How did empire, slavery and provincial wealth reshape the Roman economy and society in the late Republic?

How and why did Julius Caesar rise to dominate the Roman state, and what was his impact on the Republic?

How was Roman state religion organised, and how did control of religion serve political power and authority?

How were Roman society and politics organised in the late Republic, and how did that structure shape the exercise of power and authority?

How did the Roman army change during the late Republic, and why did military power become decisive in politics?

How and why did the Roman Republic collapse and give way to the Principate of Augustus between 63 BC and AD 14?

How do you plan and write a high-scoring extended response in the WACE Ancient History examination?