History Essay

(Our textbook is Andrea, Alfred, J. & Overfield, James, H. The Human Record: Sources of Global History, Volume II: Since 1500. Cengage Learning, 2015.)

Directions:

• For this first essay you have a choice of three question.  
• You must select one, and answer it.
• The essay should be in 12 point, Times New Roman font, and double-spaced.
• You should use your textbook, and outside resources for the assignment.  Make sure that you include in-text parenthetical citations, and a Works Cited page. 

*Please just select one question from below to answer and write the essay

Questions:

Below are the questions you need to answer for this project:

1.  How did geography influence the political, economic, and social development of the Greek city-states?

2.  Why was Alexander the Great able to conquer as much territory as he did?

3.  The Roman civilization lasted about from the sixth century BCE until the 5th century CE.  The Greeks, meanwhile, were at their strength from the ninth century BCE to the fourth century BCE.  Why were the Romans able to outlast the Greeks by almost a half-century?  In other words, why did the Roman Empire last longer than the Greeks?