Short Paper

 Pick one of the following factions and write up a detailed description. This paper is more of an expository essay and less of an analysis though you may want to add a bit of that as well.  

Islamic Factions:

Seljuk Turks

Abbasid Empire-during the Crusades

Fatimid Caliphate (Shia)

Saladin (founder of the Ayyubid Dynasty)

Mamluks (slave warriors)

Assassins (Nizari Ismailis)

 

Write 3-4 pages double spaced in 11-point font

Use 2-3 academic sources to back up your ideas and claims.

(NO: textbooks, book reviews, encyclopedias, .com, political .orgs, or the like)

Use footnotes-Chicago Style Citation (See the historic methods module for help)

Have a bibliography at the end. (this does not count as one of the 3-4 pages)