essay

in the form of short essays (approx. 750 words each) in a SINGLE WORD DOCUMENT 

1.     Ancient World: Identify how the cultures of the ancient Western World (for our purposes, Mesopotamia, Greece, and Rome) shaped Western forms of government, society, and religion and explain what impact these contributions had in the development of a “Western Civilization.”

2.     Medieval West: Discuss how three institutions shaped life in medieval Europe: the manor, the church, and the village. Use evidence and examples from  primary sources, and Judith Bennett’s A Medieval Life.