Please choose only 1 of the following questions to answer with a clear, well-reasoned essay. Upload your essay in either word or pdf form by 11:59pm on Monday, July 26th. Your essays should be at least two pages in length, with 1-inch margins, 12pt font, and double-spacing. Please do not put a heading on your submission, Carmen will automatically label it with your name. You are welcome to put a title on your paper if you wish, but it’s not necessary, as long as you simply and clearly indicate which question you are answering.
PLEASE ALSO SEE THE FEEDBACK DOCUMENT I ATTACHED FROM LAST WEEKS SIMILAR FORM PAPER. INCORPORATE AT LEAST 1 OF THE PRIMARY SOURCES I ATTACHED MORE THOROUGHLY AND NOT OUTSIDE SOURCES. MAKE SURE TO HAVE 2 FULL PAGES ALSO.
Whatever question you choose to answer, you must make use of at least one (if not more) of the primary sources that we looked at in order to support the points in your essay. Those essays that incorporate more use of the primary sources are likely to do a better job examining the question thoroughly.
Questions:
1. Using any of the primary source documents or excerpts from this week, discuss how religion (whether Christianity or Islam) influenced the character of the militaries in the societies we’ve looked at. How did religion leave its mark on militaries, rulers, commanders, and the causes of war? You may pull examples from all three civilizations we looked at, or focus more exclusively on one of them if you prefer. But you must make use of a primary source (or more) to support the points in your essay.
2. Again, using any of the primary source documents, explain several ways in which the civilizations we looked at in this week demonstrated some forms of continuity with that of the previous late Roman period. You may pull examples from all three civilizations we looked at, or focus more exclusively on one of them if you prefer. But you must make use of a primary source (or more) to support the points in your essay.
