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what are the similarities and differences between the spread of Christianity, Buddhism, and Islam along the major trade routes?

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1-2. Since the beginning of recorded history, there has been differences in opinion regarding the rights of conquest through exploration and colonization.  When Christopher Columbus landed on the islands off North America in 1492, it marked the beginning of centuries of argument over the rights of Europeans versus those whose communities pre-dated European contact with the Americas (sometimes called “natives” “Native Americans” “American Indians” or “Indians”).  Write an essay that gives two examples from the primary sources in Voices of Freedom chapter 1 that examines different views discussing the rights of European explorers and colonists versus those whose communities pre-dated European contact with the Americas.  Your “how-conclusion” should compare or contrast the authors, audiences, and the purposes of your two chosen documents.
2-2. As Eric Foner writes, “Seventeenth-century (1600s) North America was an unstable and dangerous environment.  Diseases decimated Indian and settler populations alike.  Colonies were racked by religious, political, and economic tensions and drawn into imperial wars and conflict with Indians.”  Write an essay that gives two examples from the primary sources in Voices of Freedom chapter 2 that explains why people would chose to emigrate, often risking their lives, to the colonies in English America.  Your “how-conclusion” should compare or contrast the authors, audiences, and the purposes of your two chosen documents.

3-2.  As Eric Foner writes, “In the last quarter of the seventeenth century, a series of crises rocked the European colonies of North America.  Social and political tensions boiled over in sometimes ruthless conflicts between rich and poor, free and slave, settler and Indian, and members of difference religious groups.”  Write an essay discussing two examples from the primary sources in Voices of Freedom chapter 3 that explains different reasons for the “tensions” in North America (AKA: what are the grievances of the two authors and why?).  Your “how-conclusion” should compare or contrast the authors, audiences, and the purposes of your two chosen documents.

4-2. Throughout the first part of the eighteenth century (1700s), the western world witnessed the development of the period usually called the Enlightenment.  Central to much of the debate during that period among intellectuals on both sides of the Atlantic were theories regarding ‘the natural rights of man’—in Lockean terms “life, liberty and property” (see chapter 4 of Give Me Liberty).  Write an essay discussing two examples from the primary sources in Voices of Freedom chapter 4 that explores conflict between Enlightenment ideology and the realities of government and/or social action.  Your “how-conclusion” should compare or contrast the authors, audiences, and the purposes of your two chosen documents

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Explain why many historians consider the Thomas Jefferson’s election to the presidency to be the -Revolution of 1800. How was he elected?

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You will write a 3-page paper (not including the title page and bibliography) on the causes and origins of the Second Punic War as discussed by the ancient historians Polybius and Livy. The paper must only reference the works by these historians that are included in this module/week's Reading & Study folder. The paper must be typed, double-spaced, and in current Turabian format (with title page and bibliography).  links to polybius and livy
http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Polybius/3*.html
http://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/txt/ah../Livy/Livy21.html

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US history - How WWI affected the lives of Americans

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Was the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki a war crime?

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Effect 2003 Iraq war had on America's economic growth

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Explain what "morality, knowledge, and religion" meant to those in the founding era, and why it was believed our nation would only succeed if based on these principles. The terms "knowledge, morality and religion" had very specific meanings to those in the founding era. Be sure to extrapolate that meaning from your assigned textbook readings. The information can be found in chapter 5 of your textbook. Discuss whether or not those same beliefs can still be the basis for success in the now religiously diverse America. Be sure to fully explain your position

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After the Reformation, the Holy Roman Empire included both Protestant and Catholic territories. Between 1618 and 1648 there was continuous war within the Empire. To what extent was the Thirty Years' War a religious conflict?

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Many consider Franklin’s Autobiography an early depiction of a “representative”
American; that is, a model for other Americans to follow. What appear to be the most important characteristics of that American? Define and illustrate them from the Autobiography. Your conclusion may reflect on the implications of this model for Americans. Are there pitfalls to having a single model?

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1. Give an argument for how the Black Death and Military Revolution changed European society and paved the way for modernity, giving concrete examples
   
   2.    Devise and support an argument for (or against) studying the “global Middle Ages.”
   
   

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We have been looking at a number of monuments erected by rulers to commemorate their rule or their accomplishments. Sometimes these monuments have been pulled down or defaced by subsequent regimes. In the first assignment, you were asked to consider whether or not it made sense to preserve cultural heritage at the cost of human life, and to think about whether there might be some gray areas in terms of keeping a cultural landmark as a sign of respect and an acknowledgement of mutual humanity between the people who lived there and the invading or liberating army. To deface something or someone is to suggest that they are not important, and cannot participate in humanity. For this assignment, I would like you to consider the current debate over Confederate War Monuments, and think about whether or not they should be removed and how that removal should take place. Does removing these monuments have anything in common with some of the art that you have looked at thus far, particularly in West Asia/Near East where there were successive regimes?
Read the following articles and post a response essay to the topics.
https://hyperallergic.com/395627/robert-e-lee-confederate-monument-charlottesville/
https://hyperallergic.com/399061/confederate-monument-removal-op-ed/
The four essays on four very different types of war memorials: https://smarthistory.org/tag/a-level-war-memorials/

Your initial discussion board post should include the following:

1. A position statement: do you think that the Confederate monuments should be taken down? Why or why not? Please give several concrete reasons for either position.

2. A short discussion of of the three articles. Which one did you find most convincing? Why?

3. Evidence of further research. Do a google search or search in an online art magazine such as Hyperallergic or Artsy. What else were you able to find out from your search? Make sure you include the author, title of article, and source that you consulted outside of the assigned readings.