What do we know about the social, political, religious etc. circumstances under which the author wrote?

Looking at Laws of Twelve (find screenshots in additional files) critique to what degree the primary source provides accurate and reliable information about the time period or content it discusses. Remember that all primary sources are exhibits, and you are evaluating the exhibit for how clear and unbiased a picture of antiquity it paints.1. Make sure to start with a clear thesis introducing your argument and make specific references to the primary sources and cite them. 2) Please provide quotations from the text to support your argument 3. You may use other sources to research the author and work in other scholarly, peer reviewed sources than your textbooks.possible questions to answer: What is the name of the author?
When did (s)he write?

What biases might the author have, based on the time period/events (s)he lived through?
What is the historical/physical setting of the primary passage written by this author?
What is the purpose of this sort of writing / what is the audience meant to do with the information?
What sources does the author use (if he cites them)? How critical is he of his sources?
What challenges might the genre/intent of the writer present to our analysis of the facts (i.e. can we trust the information? Is it objective? Why/why not?)

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