Short Answer Responses for Part II Test: In 2-3 paragraphs per question

Short Answer Responses for Part II Test: In 2-3 paragraphs per question (at most) answer each of the following. Please review comments I left on your first test in order to improve your analysis for this test. You must incorporate at least one primary source document as evidence for each question. All questions are considered and answered thoroughly. Answers are given with analytical reference to specific documents, events, developments and / or persons. In other words use specific examples and whenever possible incorporate the assigned documents into your answer. The events / developments/ or persons under review are considered in relation to what else was happening in the western and or non western world at the time. Use only the sources given (textbook, given primary docs in textbook, lecture slides).

Please use course-assigned resources only. The primary sources, lecture slides, textbook chapters, etc., should be utilized for support. The primary source documents need to be utilized where indicated (the actual document, rather than the intro material or other secondary materials). Every question requires support from course resources. Make your source use clear.

The lecture slides and the historical documents should be relied upon the most for these tests.

Lectures:

Rise and Fall of the Roman Republic

Roman Empire

Fragmentation of the Roman World

Caliphates and Schisms

Explain how poorer Romans steadily gained political power / representation in Roman republican politics

Describe the 3 phases of the Republic’s decline in terms of precedents set and their impact on the Republic and Roman political history.

Which aspects of social, cultural, and political life in early Roman Empire supported the growth of Christianity and which opposed it?

What were the similarities and differences in political organizations of the Islamic, Byzantine, and western European societies in the period 600-750