Writing Homework Help

Assignment: Pick one of the three questions below and answer in 3 to 5 pages double-spaced (+/- 1000 words). Use some examples drawn from the books as well as the lectures to support your argument.

1. The rise of Christianity as a religious, political, and social force is arguably the most important development in the history of the Roman Empire. When and how did it take place? What role did it play in transforming the social and political structure of the Mediterranean world? How did Christian and ancient traditions (Roman, Greek) blend together to create the foundations of the post-Roman world?

1. The emergence of the city-state model during the Greek archaic and classical periods led to a series of striking political, social, scientific and cultural innovations from the 7th to the 4th BC. What were some of the most significant developments during that period? In what ways did classical Greece (5th & 4th C. BC) decisively shape the political and cultural history of the Mediterranean basin and Europe?

1. Germanic Kingdoms replaced the Western Roman Empire after a series of invasions in the 4th and 5th How and by whom were these Kingdoms established? To what extent did they fuse Germanic and Roman cultural and political traditions? How can the establishment of the Germanic Kingdoms be considered the beginning of a new historical era?