Study Guide


The final examination will consist of three sections.


One section will be a choice of essays from the History Department. There are usually between six [6] and eight [8] essays from which you are to answer two [2].
This is 50% of the grade.
Topics for the questions are reflective of the weekly themes of the semester. Think in groups of three. For example, look at religions, the role of women, the influcence of geography, politics, social structures and philosophy.



Another section will call upon you to read a brief primary text and answer, in an essay format, a set of questions. This is similar to the papers that you have been writing throughout the semester. This is 25 % of the grade.

Another section will be short answer/definitions. There will be a number of terms selected from below and you are to reply to five [5]. Thisis 25% of the grade.

Messenia
Torah
Vedas
Atman
Karma
Stupa
Bodhisattivas
Umma
Mecca
Hadith
The Shi�a
Umayyads
Mahayana
Benares
Berbers
Zen Buddhism
Genghis Khan
Equal Field System
Golden Horde
Avicenna
Encomienda
Magna Carta
Mesopotamia
Ashoka
Hammurabi
Cuneiform
Akhenaton
Nubia
Minos
Polis
Hoplite
Oligarchy
Helots
Consul
Roman Patrons
Cleopatra
Hadrian
Alexander the Great
Harun al-Rashid
Marco Polo


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