Based on all the assignments and activities in which we have engaged this month, write a 6-7-page essay that answers one (1) of the following questions:
Historians are always trying to understand causes and consequences. Causes tell us how things happened (or changed) and consequences indicate the size and scope of the change. One would expect the biggest changes to have the biggest consequences. What would you say were the three most important changes that occurred from 8000 BCE to 1450 CE? Why were they the most important changes? What were their consequences or effects (up to 1450 CE)? What were their origins or causes?Based on all the assignments and activities in which we have engaged this month, write a 6-7-page essay that answers one (1) of the following questions:
Historians are always trying to understand causes and consequences. Causes tell us how things happened (or changed) and consequences indicate the size and scope of the change. One would expect the biggest changes to have the biggest consequences. What would you say were the three most important changes that occurred from 8000 BCE to 1450 CE? Why were they the most important changes? What were their consequences or effects (up to 1450 CE)? What were their origins or causes?
Please note: when you discuss the important consequences or effects of developments you identify or what we can learn from parallel worlds, do not extend your discussion beyond the year 1450. Please note: when you discuss the important consequences or effects of developments you identify or what we can learn from parallel worlds, do not extend your discussion beyond the year 1450. For instance do not discuss their significance for life today. The shape of the current world is beyond the scope of this class. The Final Exam in HIS 233 tests your mastery of course content and this course ends around the year 1450, so your discussion of important consequences or “take-aways” needs to end around that year as well. The nearly 570 years since 1450 (which is the time period covered by HIS 234) have had more impact on the nature of the modern world in any case.For instance do not discuss their significance for life today. The shape of the current world is beyond the scope of this class. The Final Exam in HIS 233 tests your mastery of course content and this course ends around the year 1450, so your discussion of important consequences or “take-aways” needs to end around that year as well. The nearly 570 years since 1450 (which is the time period covered by HIS 234) have had more impact on the nature of the modern world in any case.
The Integrative Essay does not ask you to do any outside reading. Answer the question using only the materials (textbook, documentaries, primary sources, videos, discussion boards, etc.) that we encountered in class. At the bare minimum, your essay should refer to information from at least three different chapters in the textbook, three different primary sources, and three different documentaries. And the more of that material you cite, the richer, more nuanced, and more complete your essay will be. The point of this essay is to demonstrate your grasp of the materials covered in this course only. If you feel it is absolutely necessary to use outside sources (including websites), you must first contact your instructor to ascertain whether the sources you wish to use are acceptable for a formal history paper of this nature.
Your essay should be at least 1500 words (6 double-spaced typed pages) and should be uploaded into the course as a Word doc., please.The Integrative Essay does not ask you to do any outside reading. Answer the question using only the materials (textbook, documentaries, primary sources, videos, discussion boards, etc.) that we encountered in class. At the bare minimum, your essay should refer to information from at least three different chapters in the textbook (see below), three different primary sources (see below) , and three different documentaries (ill input this). And the more of that material you cite, the richer, more nuanced, and more complete your essay will be. The point of this essay is to demonstrate your grasp of the materials covered in this course only. If you feel it is absolutely necessary to use outside sources (including websites), you must first contact your instructor to ascertain whether the sources you wish to use are acceptable for a formal history paper of this nature.
Your essay should be at least 1500 words (6 double-spaced typed pages).
Course textbook can be provided via vital source: KevinReilly, The Human Journey: A Concise Introduction to World History,volume 1: Prehistory to 1450,2nd edition)
Primary Sources From the course are:
Hammurabi, The Code of Hammurabi
The Soul’s Destination, Iranian Afterlife
Isaiah 45, Cyrus as Liberator
Isaiah 56, Hebrew Afterlife
Week 2 Module 2
Classical Greece
Thucydides, Pericles’ Funeral Oration from the Peloponnesian War
Xenophon, The Polity of the Spartans
Rome and China
Confucius, Analects
Plutarch, The Training of Children
Week 3 Module 1
Silk Roads
Faxian, The Journey of Faxian to India
Marco Polo, The Travels of Marco Polo
Abbasid Caliphate
Yakut, Baghdad under the Abbasids
Islamic Architecture, Abbasid Period
Week 3 Module 2
The Song Dynasty
Pictorial Images from Northern Song and Southern Song Dynasties
Medieval European Towns
Documents Concerning the Origin of Guilds
Guibert de Nogent, The Revolt in Laon
Account of the setting up of self-government in Ipswich in A.D. 1200
The Chronicles of Venice, How the Doges Were Chosen
Southampton Guild Organization, 14th Century
Week 4
Empires of Western Africa
Al-Bakri, Kingdom of Ghana
Leo Africanus, Timbuktu
Al-Umari, Kingdom of Mali
Proverbs from Ghana
The Aztec Empire
Bernal Díaz del Castillo, The Memoirs of the Conquistador
Hernan Cortés, Second Letter to Charles V
Cortés’ letter to the King of Spain, Moctezuma’s Greeting to Hernan Cortes
Miguel León-Portilla, Broken Spears: Aztec Account of the Conquest of MexicoLaw Code of Hammurabi
Hammurabi, The Code of Hammurabi
Zoroastrianism
The Soul’s Destination, Iranian Afterlife
Isaiah 45, Cyrus as Liberator
Isaiah 56, Hebrew Afterlife
Week 2 Module 2
Classical Greece
Thucydides, Pericles’ Funeral Oration from the Peloponnesian War
Xenophon, The Polity of the Spartans
Rome and China
Confucius, Analects
Plutarch, The Training of Children
Week 3 Module 1
Silk Roads
Faxian, The Journey of Faxian to India
Marco Polo, The Travels of Marco Polo
Abbasid Caliphate
Yakut, Baghdad under the Abbasids
Islamic Architecture, Abbasid Period
Week 3 Module 2
The Song Dynasty
Pictorial Images from Northern Song and Southern Song Dynasties
Medieval European Towns
Documents Concerning the Origin of Guilds
Guibert de Nogent, The Revolt in Laon
Account of the setting up of self-government in Ipswich in A.D. 1200
The Chronicles of Venice, How the Doges Were Chosen
Southampton Guild Organization, 14th Century
Week 4
Empires of Western Africa
Al-Bakri, Kingdom of Ghana
Leo Africanus, Timbuktu
Al-Umari, Kingdom of Mali
Proverbs from Ghana
The Aztec Empire
Bernal Díaz del Castillo, The Memoirs of the Conquistador
Hernan Cortés, Second Letter to Charles V
Cortés’ letter to the King of Spain, Moctezuma’s Greeting to Hernan Cortes
Miguel León-Portilla, Broken Spears: Aztec Account of the Conquest of MexicoLaw Code of Hammurabi
Hammurabi, The Code of Hammurabi
Zoroastrianism
The Soul’s Destination, Iranian Afterlife
Isaiah 45, Cyrus as Liberator
Isaiah 56, Hebrew Afterlife
Week 2 Module 2
Classical Greece
Thucydides, Pericles’ Funeral Oration from the Peloponnesian War
Xenophon, The Polity of the Spartans
Rome and China
Confucius, Analects
Plutarch, The Training of Children
Week 3 Module 1
Silk Roads
Faxian, The Journey of Faxian to India
Marco Polo, The Travels of Marco Polo
Abbasid Caliphate
Yakut, Baghdad under the Abbasids
Islamic Architecture, Abbasid Period
Week 3 Module 2
The Song Dynasty
Pictorial Images from Northern Song and Southern Song Dynasties
Medieval European Towns
Documents Concerning the Origin of Guilds
Guibert de Nogent, The Revolt in Laon
Account of the setting up of self-government in Ipswich in A.D. 1200
The Chronicles of Venice, How the Doges Were Chosen
Southampton Guild Organization, 14th Century
Week 4
Empires of Western Africa
Al-Bakri, Kingdom of Ghana
Leo Africanus, Timbuktu
Al-Umari, Kingdom of Mali
Proverbs from Ghana
The Aztec Empire
Bernal Díaz del Castillo, The Memoirs of the Conquistador
Hernan Cortés, Second Letter to Charles V
Cortés’ letter to the King of Spain, Moctezuma’s Greeting to Hernan Cortes
Miguel León-Portilla, Broken Spears: Aztec Account of the Conquest of Mexico
