Global History 2

Document 1 Reading and Discussion Questions:

Hasan al Kafrawi, the Shafiite, “Islam and the Jews: The Status of Jews and Christians in Muslim Lands” (1772)

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/jewish/1772-jewsinislam.asp 1- Why did Muslim clerics question the place of Christians living in Ottoman imperial territory?

2- How did clerics defend Ottoman tolerance while also calling for stricter limits on what Christians could and could not do in cities like Cairo?

Document 2 Reading and Discussion Questions:

Jean Jacques Rousseau, excerpts from The Social Contract (1762)

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/rousseau-contract2.asp

1- What are the responsibilities of a ruler to his people?

2- What obligations do citizens have to their government? 

Connect the Documents:

1- How would you define tolerance in the early modern period?  Is it similar to our contemporary definition of the word?

2- What did it mean to be a citizen of a nation or empire in the early modern period?

2-3 Pages.