Discussion Paper Six
Introduction:
Historians pose questions and then attempt to answer the queries with evidence that the peoples who have come before have left behind (primary documentation). Please follow the directions below using your textbook and the primary sources. Failure to use primary evidence WILL RESULT IN A LOWER GRADE.
The Assignment:
Use the lectures (PPTs), the textbook, the primary sources, and secondary sources (“Historians’ Voices”).
Then, choose from one of the following questions. You only have to address one question in your paper. Please note on which question you are responding in your paper.
You must use at least 4 different primary sources.
Drawing on the sources from chapter seven, how would you describe life on the Silk Roads? What were its attractions? What made it a difficult or dangerous route?
or
No national culture develops as a single set of ideas and practices. Describe China during the Tang and Song dynasties. Then, compare China to Japan during these same dynasties. What are the similarities? What are the differences? Use chapter eight.
or
In what different ways do the various voices of Islam represented in the sources understand and express the common religious tradition of which they are all a part? What grounds for debate or controversy can you identify within or among them? Use chapter nine.
The Details:
This paper should be typed and double-spaced, composed of twelve-point font and of a reasonable font type, e.g. Times New Roman, and should have one-inch margins.
The total length of this paper should be no more and no less than 2 pages.
This paper needs to be in the proper essay format: Introduction with thesis, body paragraphs, and conclusion.
You must cite the sources properly:
When you use something directly from the Strayer book, you cite as follows:
Strayer argues “…” (Strayer, 17).
If you use something from a document, cite as follows:
Writing about the Persians, Herodotus states that they [the Persians] love wine and drink large amounts of it” (Herodotus, The Histories, 131).
Use only class materials. Before handing your paper in, be sure to proofread for grammatical and other mistakes. Failure to proofread will result in a lower grade.
*Your paper will be graded according to the writing assignment common rubric (based on the AACU’s Value Rubrics) included in your syllabus. Please familiarize yourself with the rubric before handing in your paper.
more sources provided by professor
https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/source/550byzsilk.asp
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/features/uighurs/
