Fri. 8/9

Read: Preface, p. xxiii to p. xxv, ¶ 2 and answer the following in your Field Notes No. 3. pp. 3-6 (from the beginning of p. 3 to the end of p. 6); study the map but skip the footnote on p. 5.

Complete Exercise 3A in your Field Notes No. 3:

Exercise 3A: How do we know the story of Zimri-Lim, Kirum, Shimatum, Shiptu, and the king of Ilansura? In contrast, why is pre-literate history “opaque”? Respond in three to five complete sentences.