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QUESTIONAIRE 1 1. What is the Neolithic Revolution? It's the movement that made the Paleolithic period turn into a most developed period, the Neolithic. In this change, people passed from prey hunting to agriculture and stockbreading, and they began to make the first settlements, what's more. It was basically the change from a predatory economy to a production economy. The Neolithic revolution didn't occur everywhere at the same time. It appeared earlier in places where the geographic and climatic conditions were better for the agriculture; this refers to the Eastern civilizations. 2. Try to explain the meaing of this aphorism ''Rex est Imperator in Regno Suo'' in the context of the Emperor's role during the Lower Empire. It literally means ''the King is Emperor in his kingdom'' and it designates to the Emperor of the Lower Empire; it's found in Roman law to justify the strengthening of the King's power in their states. This Emperor concentrates all power on himself and is even regarded as a god. 3. When exactly do we enter in the historic age? We entered the historic age in the moment we discovered the writing and therefore it's the first period in which we find the first written documents. 4. What could be the reason why the Iberian Peninsula was far behind in certain technical developments if comparing to certain Eastern civilizations? This was because the Iberian Peninsula is not excessively fertile: its orography is mountainous and rough and offers bad conditions for agricultural development, which was really late, most of all if comparing with the Eastern territories. 5. Following its chronological appearance, name the external influence in the Peninsula from the tenth up to the third century B.C Phoenicians, Carthaginians, Greeks and Romans. 6. Why are the Indo-Europeans so called? They were called like that because of their different ethnic and linguistic origin (India and Europe) and because they spread from India to West Europe. 7. What is the probable origin of the term Spain? We owe to the Phoenicians the term Spain, which probably derives from the phoenician root ''saphan'' (rabbit); these rabbits were abundant in the peninsula. On the other side, the particle -l- expresses the idea of an island or coast. The term altogether would mean ''the land of rabbits''.

8. What's the difference between Hospitality and Clientela? Hospitality (hospitium) was the institution that gave the social and juridical protection of a genteelism to members foreign to them. Clientela, as Hospitality, suppose a treaty that develops to a new relationship and its subsequent obligation. The difference could be focused on the fact that Hospitality is between a person and a foreign group, and Clientela resorts to the protection and sustenance from the lord, who in exchange receives their loyalty and service. 9. What's the Iberian Devotio? It was the treaty that followed the Clientela. In it, the clients dedicate their lives to infernal deities offering theirs in the place of the chieves or leaders. This dedication stemmed from the fact that the gods preferred the life of the client or Devotio to be sacrified in combat instead of the patron's. It was characteristic of the Iberian Peninsula....