• In your essay you must explain how trade and travel influenced the spread of ideas (Religion, politics, etc), materials, and people in those areas. For each of the categories (ideas, material goods, and people) you must provide at least two examples.
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Essay Questions
General Questions
Directions
Essay Questions: Choose two of the essay questions below and answer them in at least two double-spaced pages for each essay. Remember that you must use at least four terms from the term list in each essay.
Please use a Times New Roman 12 point font.
Essays are due to me by email or hard copy by 5pm Wednesday, December 10th.
Terms
Qur’an
Bedouin Arabs
Umma
Caravan Trade
Five Pillars of Islam
Sharia
Mercenaries
Dogma
Schism
Eastern Orthodox Church
Franks
Middle Ages
Catholic Church
Clovis
Charlemagne
Steppe Diplomacy
Resettlement programs
Bubonic plague
Silk Roads
Question 1
We have discussed the rise and fall of several different empires and states since the midterm. For this essay, pick any two of the polities below and compare and contrast their origins and decline.
In your essay you must describe at least two methods used by rulers to establish political legitimacy, at least one method by which rulers attempted to unify their subjects, and at least two factors that contributed to the decline of the polity.
Note, I am not asking you to fully explain the demise of any of these states, but rather to simply identify two factors that contributed to decline and explain how these factors contributed to the fall of the state
Mongol Empire The Western Roman Empire
The Carolingian Empire The Byzantine Empire
Question 2
We have discussed the impact of trade and travel extensively in class. For this essay, explain the role that trade and travel played in two of the areas listed below.
In your essay you must explain how trade and travel influenced the spread of ideas (Religion, politics, etc), materials, and people in those areas. For each of the categories (ideas, material goods, and people) you must provide at least two examples.
Also, be sure to explain not only how trade and travel influenced the diffusion of these things but also the circumstances that permitted (or restricted) trade and travel.
Eurasia (1200-1370)
Western Europe (500-1000)
The Islamic World (North Africa, the Middle East and central Asia, 670-1200)
Question 3
Religion played a significant role in both the ancient and medieval worlds. In this essay explain how religion impacted political and economic development in any one of the areas listed below.
In your essay, you must first discuss the origins and beliefs/practices of the religion you write on and then provide at least two examples of how that religion impacted political development and two examples of how it affected economic development.
Lastly, explain how religion was used to unify subjects within the area you write about.
The Byzantine Empire
The Islamic States
The Western Roman Empire
The Carolingian Empire
Mongol Empire
