Assignment

1Discuss the reasons why Islam succeeded in sub-Saharan and East Africa?

2Describe the impact Portugal had on East Africa.

3Discuss the diversity of Cape society in South Africa before 1700.

4What was the Cluny reform movement and how can you account for its success?

5Describe the Investiture Controversy. What was its impact on medieval religion and politics?

6Why did Germany remain divided while France and England began to coalesce into reasonably strong states during the High Middle Ages?

7Discuss the impact of European expansion on the societies of both the Old and New Worlds.

8Describe the problems of the church that led to the Protestant Reformation.