{"id":13718,"date":"2024-02-28T16:57:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-28T16:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/hi-104-world-history-from-the-black-death-to-the-modern-era-assignment-1-the-black-death\/"},"modified":"2024-02-28T16:57:00","modified_gmt":"2024-02-28T16:57:00","slug":"hi-104-world-history-from-the-black-death-to-the-modern-era-assignment-1-the-black-death","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/hi-104-world-history-from-the-black-death-to-the-modern-era-assignment-1-the-black-death\/","title":{"rendered":"HI-104: World History from the Black Death to the Modern Era  Assignment #1: The Black Death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">For this first assignment, you are to write an essay based on primary sources that reflect religious responses to the Bubonic Plague. Note that the authors represent views and experiences from across Europe and the Middle East and that their views are informed by Christianity and Islam. Read the sources, then write an argumentative essay that reflects on the religious dimension of the plague \u2013 think about how these authors reflected on the immense suffering and mortality and the differences between Islamic and Christian views.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Submission Guidelines<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"padding: 0px 3rem 0px 1.5rem; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"padding: 0px 0px 0px 1.5em; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Your essay should present an argument, and structured in a logical manner, including introductory and concluding paragraphs.<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding: 0px 0px 0px 1.5em; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">The length of your assignment is 1000-1100 words.<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding: 0px 0px 0px 1.5em; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">You must provide evidence to back up your argument and claims using the primary sources. Please use footnotes (and not in-text citations), and do not forget to include all the bibliographical information (including page numbers). I provided the first page of the book the sources came from to help you with your citations. Citations-free essays are unacceptable.<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding: 0px 0px 0px 1.5em; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Other than your textbook and the primary sources, you are not allowed to consult any other source, be it another book, an online resource or tool (such as ChatGPT), or a peer. Your submission should reflect your own ideas. If you are using the textbook, you must cite it.<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding: 0px 0px 0px 1.5em; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Plagiarism= zero + reporting<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding: 0px 0px 0px 1.5em; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Avoid vague and ahistorical claims (\u201cthroughout history\u201d). Your writing should be specific and detailed. 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