NOTE: Although Dr. Wessell Lightfoot is away this week and in person lectures are canceled, tutorials are STILL running.
The Silk Road
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Slides:
Lecture:
- Dr. Wessell Lightfoot is away this week. There will be no in person class but a recorded lecture will be posted here by Sunday October 27th.
- Optional background reading for lecture: World History, Chapter 11, pages 404-424.
The Trans-Saharan Trade Routes
Link to recorded lecture:
Slides:
#15-Trans-Saharan Caravan Routes
Lecture:
- Dr. Wessell Lightfoot is away this week. There will be no in person class but a recorded lecture will be posted here by Sunday October 27th.
- Background reading for recorded lecture: World History, Chapter 9, pages 336-365.
Assignments
- Short Essay Version #1 is due by midnight on Monday October 28th to Moodle. For more information see: Short Essays
- Don’t forget to post your answer to our weekly discussion question on Moodle! You have until Sunday November 3rd at midnight to get it done.
Tutorials this week
Tutorials this week will focus on the topics of Christianity and Islam.
Readings (all available in Sources for the Frameworks of World History):
- 7.3a “from the New Testament“
- 7.3b History of the Franks by Gregory of Tours
- 7.4a Islam, the Quran
- 7.4b The Pact of Umar
Questions to think about:
- How are the beliefs conveyed in the selection of the Quran similar or different to the beliefs of Christianity in The New Testament?
- What does The History of the Franks tell us about the role of women in the spread of Christianity to Europe in the early medieval period? Why do you think Gregory emphasizes Clothilda’s role so much?