GMU Ancient Eastern Mediterranean vs East Asia and South Asia Discussion Comparing our Ancient Civilizations: The Ancient Eastern Mediterranean vs. East As

GMU Ancient Eastern Mediterranean vs East Asia and South Asia Discussion Comparing our Ancient Civilizations: The Ancient Eastern Mediterranean vs. East Asia and South Asia

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You have now read primary sources from both the Eastern Mediterranean world, and the East and South Asian world. All of the sources that you have read between these two modules are from similar time periods, but from different geographic locations.

To complete this assignment, please do the following:

Review your discussion post from module one about the sources of the Eastern Mediterranean World. In this post, you discussed one of the sources, and one of the World History themes they exhibited. Now, for this post, think about how your answer for your Eastern Mediterranean World source compares to the developments that you learned about in this Unit, specifically using primary source materials for comparison.

For this discussion, please answer the following questions:

1. Discuss the theme and primary source you used from the previous module, and identify a primary source from this unit that you think exhibits the same World History theme. Be sure to cite the name of your source from this unit, and the specific evidence from it that you think supports your identification of this source as exhibiting this World History theme.

2. Please be sure to address what differences and similarities you see between your discussion of the Eastern Mediterranean primary source and theme, and your assessment of your primary source and theme from this unit.

3. Please be sure to address how the historical context of the Eastern Mediterranean and South and East Asian is similar, or different, using specific examples from your secondary source materials from both modules.

4. Respond to 1 classmates’ post, and offer why you agree or disagree with their comparison of the Early Mediterranean primary source, the theme, and its context to the conditions present in East and/or South Asia using specific evidence and examples from the modules.

Your post and response post should total at least 400 words.

You must post before you can see what your classmates have written.

After completing this assignment, you will be able to:

Analyze primary source materials to understand the viewpoints of people from these past societies
Use evidence to support your claims
Compare and contrast civilizations from different regions
Synthesize course materials to understand historical connections
Evaluate arguments put forth by your peers using evidence as part of your assessment