1. Answers must be in short essay form (no less than three full paragraphs, or 500-600 words).
2. Try to keep a logical track in your explanations: Start with a short but clear reference to the background of the topic, then explain the topic as clear as you can, and finally, specify its importance/influence. In this final section, do not employ general expressions such as the discovery of X had a profound influence on Y, or many fields in physics benefited from the invention of X. You have to explicitly mention the results.
3. Each prompt contains a few sub-questions. You have to answer ALL questions asked in the prompt.
Topic 5: The Greco-Roman Period:
a) What were the possible causes of the decline of science and natural philosophy at the end of the Greco-Roman era?
b) Describe the process of decline of science and natural philosophy from the beginning of the Roman period to the fall of the Roman Empire.
c) How was this decline in western and eastern divisions of the Roman Empire?
