Problem 1: What did humanity lose with the transition to civilizations? What were the costs for people's lives?
Problem 2: Give examples of the negative aspects that developed in the various civilizations described.
Problem 3: What does this material tell us about assuming that "progress" equals "good", as we tend to do in modern times?
Problem 4: Can you give some recent examples where so called "progress" has had unintended harmful consequences?