Students should attach a 1500-word analysis of a primary source. The essay should use at least one primary source and two scholarly secondary sources, and deal with a NON-EUROPEAN society prior to 1500. The essay should explain what the primary source tells us about the society that produced it. The essay should have a clear […]

The Exam Questions There are two essay questions. Answer both questions, using approximately two to three pages for each question. Answer them in a way that weaves the questions together into one coherent essay. Make sure your answers employ and reference the terms and ideas covered in our course readings and online lectures. Give examples to support your ideas and […]

Submit to the Dropbox by midnight Sunday.  Examine the section of “Working with Evidence” entitled “Contending for Islam.”  Write a 700-900 word essay based on any three of the four document excerpts in that section, addressing one of the following question-clusters: Submit to the Dropbox by midnight Sunday.  Examine the section of “Working with Evidence” entitled “Contending for Islam.”  […]

Use the following references to answer the questions below. https://www.academia.edu/19299567/Book_Review_On_the_Origin_of_Species_by_Means_of_Natural_Selection_or_the_Preservation_of_Favoured_Races_in_the_Struggle_for_Life_Collectors_Edition._By_Charles_Darwin._470_pp._illustrated._Norwalk_Conn._The_Easton_Press_1997._43.25._No_ISBN http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/spencer-darwin.asp http://www.uvm.edu/~lkaelber/eugenics/ http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007062 http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007057 http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007064 How does the attempt to control and codify plants and animals lead to eugenics? How are both of these views optimistic? Pessimistic? How does the attempt to control and codify plants and animals lead to Spencer’s extreme model of total […]

One of the possible reasons that hunters and gatherers do not work more than they do may be to avoid overexploitation of their environment. Think about this: overhunting might allow people to feast for a few days, but over the long run, the effect would simply be to destroy the local game supplies. Hunters and […]