Length: 1300 words. Do not count footnotes or bibliography in the word length. (Plus or minus 10% the word count is acceptable.)
You are expected to use the text book up to and including p. 212. However, if you wish to use readings beyond p. 212, you are welcome to do so. In addition, you are required to use three academic articles or books only. Do not exceed this number. This is not meant to be a wide- ranging research essay, it is a research training exercise. You are assessed on the value not the number of items you select. More details on how to search and select will be given in a lecture.
How to cite Footnotes only will be accepted. When providing a footnote from the textbook, please provide: 1. For references from boxed sections, the title of the section and if applicable the name of the primary source author, first name first; 2. Then for all references: the title of the weeks chapter 3. Then HIST110 Textbook 2013 (in italics) and then very importantly 4. Page number.
Citing your three book or article references, you need to follow the History Style Guide which may be found at: http://www.uow.edu.au/content/groups/public/@web/@arts/documents/doc/uow019609.pdf (or search history style guide on the UOW site). Marks will be deducted for incorrect citations. You may also revisit lecture outlines if you wish. Please cite these using the week number, lecture topic and name of lecturer.
Essay questions
1. Religion. What kind of factors which facilitated peaceful cohabitation between religious groups in the period we have studied? What factors led to breakdowns in relations? Give examples that refer to at least two religious groups.
2. The Ottoman Empire. How did social policies, both within the governing elite and in wider society, contribute to the distinctive nature of (and possibly to the long-term stability) of the Ottoman Empire?
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3. Medicine. How did medicine in the period c. 1000-c.1600 differ from across the world? What similarities, if any, were there?
4. History of warfare. What aspects of warfare affected relations between human groups (such as tribes, nations, empires, religious groups) for the period and places we have read about? Refer to more than one region and time.
5. Politics and government. What factors served to sustain large-scale political systems in the period c. 1000-c.1700 and what kind of factors contributed to decline and fragmentation?
6. Women, gender and society. Provide examples of womens social roles, with reference to both positives and negatives associated with being a woman in the regions and times we have studied. Use examples from more than one of the societies you have studied to date.
7. Education. What kind of power did education bring in the societies about which you have read? Discuss more than one example in your answer.
8. Reasons for change. What do you see as some of the most significant reasons for change in the period you have studied? Justify your answer with reference to specific changes in specific regions. (For this question, make your choice on the basis of the textbook readings, then follow up with research on specific issues that interest you.)
9. What it means to be governed. How did some individuals and/or groups exercise power and authority in relation to others, for the period and regions you have studied to date? (This can include at the familial level, in institutions, in a region, nation or religious group. It can consider the different kinds of people who held positions of power, how they got there, and how power was enforced, e.g., taxation, negotiation, enslavement, religious law, vows, etc. For this question, make your choice on the basis of the textbook readings, then follow up with research on specific issues that interest you.)