world civilization

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Analyze the secondary source (Document 4), "European Faiths and States" by Benjamin Kaplan in our Reilly textbook Chapter 17 (pp. 619-624) and write about a 2 paragraph analytic summary by reflecting on the critical thinking questions in the chart below.

1. What is the main purpose of the article by Kaplan?

2. What is Kaplan's main historical question? 

3. What is Kaplan's main conclusion/thesis?  

4. What evidence does the author use to back up his main conclusion/argument?Include 3-5 pieces of evidence used by the author to support their conclusions/argument.

5. What are the main assumptions underlying the author's thinking?

6. What is Kaplan's point of view?