The silk road by Peter frankpan is the book we use.<\/p>\n
Xuanzang. 2003. \u201cRecord of the Western Regions.\u201d Translated by Samuel Beal. Silk Road Seattle Project, 7-69. https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/silkroad\/texts\/xuanzang.html<\/p>\n
While reading the text, focus on pages 7-12, 21-24, and 43-54.<\/p>\n
Your response should include the following elements:<\/p>\n
Two thoughtful paragraphs (~400 words total).<\/p>\n
A sharp and original thesis statement. This is your argument.<\/p>\n
Specific details from the writing of Xuanzang and at least one quotation from the text.<\/p>\n
At least one piece of context from a secondary source (ex, Frankopan) from the class to support your analysis. I am looking for evidence that you completed the readings for the week. You might consider including details about Buddhism or its spread along the Silk Road that sharpens your argument. A summary of Frankopan’s argument provided by AI will not count. <\/p>\n
Make sure to correctly cite all information, including quotations and context, using Chicago Style with page or section numbers. The text by Xuanzang includes page numbers.<\/p>\n
There are full references for all readings at the end of the syllabus.<\/p>\n
While I generally discourage using AI for discussion boards, if you do use it to brainstorm ideas, please ensure you follow the course policies, cite it and include the AI statement. Otherwise, your work will receive a zero.<\/p>\n
You can use the discussion post checklist to ensure your assignment includes all the required elements.<\/p>\n
Discussion Post\u200b \u200bChecklist*<\/p>\n
HIST 1311: Hist Of Civilization I<\/p>\n
For discussion posts each week, you should complete the following tasks:<\/p>\n
TASKS FOR THE WEEK<\/p>\n
INITIAL RESPONSE (Due Wednesday)<\/p>\n
QUESTIONS (Due Wednesday)<\/p>\n
Continues on the next page….<\/strong><\/p>\n RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS (Due Friday)<\/p>\n It has to be from these sources.<\/p>\n PRIMARY SOURCES<\/p>\n Al-Tabari, Ab\u016b Ja\u02bffar Mu\u1e25ammad ibn Jar\u012br ibn Yaz\u012bd. 2012. \u201cThe History of the Prophets and Kings\u201d in Readings in Late Antiquity: a Sourcebook, edited by Michael Mass. Hoboken: Taylor and Francis, 399-400.<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Boccaccio, Giovanni. 2023. \u201cThe Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio.\u201d Translated by John Payne. Edited by Katrina Yeaw. Course reading for World Civilization I, received at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, AR, January 17<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Chronicle of S\u00e9ert. 2014. Edited by Anthony Alcock. https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/AlcockChronicleOfSeertET<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Comnena (Komnene), Anna. 2001. \u201cThe Alexiad: Book XI.\u201d Internet Medieval SourceBook, last modified January 20, 2021. I-XII. https:\/\/sourcebooks.fordham.edu\/basis\/AnnaComnena-Alexiad11.asp<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n D’Aguiliers, Raymond. 1997. \u201c<\/a>The Siege and Capture of Jerusalem: The March to Jerusalem, 2. Version of Raymond d’Aguiliers<\/a>.\u201d Internet Medieval SourceBook, last modified January 20, 2021. https:\/\/sourcebooks.fordham.edu\/source\/cde-jlem.asp#raymond1<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cFrom the History of Karka d-Beth Slokh.\u201d 1998. Holy Women of the Syrian Orient: Transformation of the Classical Heritage, edited by Sebastian Broch and Susan Ashbrook Harvey. Berkeley: University of California Press, 77-78.<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Herodotus. 1998. \u201cArtemisia at Salamis, 480 BCE.\u201d Internet Ancient History Sourcebook, last modified January 20, 2021. https:\/\/sourcebooks.fordham.edu\/ancient\/480artemisia.asp<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Herodotus. 2013.\u201cThe Histories\u201d in Ways of the World: A Brief Global History with Sources, edited by Robert W. Strayer and Eric W. Nelson Second Edition, Combined ed. Boston: Bedford\/St. Martin’s, 138-140.<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cThe Holy Martyr Mar James the Dismembered.\u201d 2014. The Chronicle of S\u00e9ert, edited by Anthony Alcock, 67-68.<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Ibn Battuta. 2001. \u201cThe Plague of 1348\u201d in Travels in Asia and Africa, 1325-1354. Internet Medieval SourceBook, last modified October 24, 2024. https:\/\/sourcebooks.fordham.edu\/source\/1354-ibnbattuta.asp <\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Ibn Fa\u1e0dl\u0101n, A\u1e25mad. 2012. Ibn Fadlan and the Land of Darkness: Arab Travellers in the Far North, edited by Paul Lunde and Caroline Stone. London: Penguin Books, 58-129.<\/a><\/p>\n Ibn Hawqal. 2012. \u201cIbn Hawqal on the trade in eunuchs 988\u201d in Ibn Fadlan and the Land of Darkness: Arab Travellers in the Far North, edited by Paul Lunde and Caroline Stone. London: Penguin Books, 2012, 153.<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Ibn Hawqal. 2012. \u201cIbn Hawqal on Khwarazm and its trade 988\u201d in Ibn Fadlan and the Land of Darkness: Arab Travellers in the Far North, edited by Paul Lunde and Caroline Stone. London: Penguin Books, 155-156. <\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Ibn Munqidh, Usmah. 1998. \u201cAutobiography, excerpts on the Franks.\u201d Internet Medieval SourceBook, last modified October 24, 2024. https:\/\/sourcebooks.fordham.edu\/source\/Usamah2.asp <\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Ibn Ya\u2019cub, Ibrahim. 2012. \u201cIbrahim ibn Ya\u2019cub on Northern Europe in 965\u201d in Ibn Fadlan and the Land of Darkness: Arab Travellers in the Far North, translation by Paul Lunde and Stone Caroline. London: Penguin Books, 162-168.<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cJ\u0101m\u0101sp N\u0101mag.\u201d 1997. Seeing Islam as Others Saw It: A Survey and Evaluation of Christian, Jewish and Zoroastrian writings on early Islam, edited by Robert G. Hoyland. Princeton, The Darwin Press, 321-324.<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n John, Bishop of Nikiu. 2012. \u201cThe Chronicle 120.17- 28\u201d in Readings in Late Antiquity: a Sourcebook, edited by Michael Mass. Hoboken: Taylor and Francis, 400-401.<\/a><\/p>\n Juvaini. 2013. \u201cThe History of the World Conqueror\u201d in Ways of the World: A Brief Global History with Sources, edited by Robert W. Strayer and Eric W. Nelson Second Edition, Combined ed. Boston: Bedford\/St. Martin’s, 492-493.<\/a><\/p>\n Chinggis Khan. 2013. \u201cLetter to Changchun\u201d in Ways of the World: A Brief Global History with Sources, edited by Robert W. Strayer and Eric W. Nelson Second Edition, Combined ed. Boston: Bedford\/St. Martin’s, 491.<\/a><\/p>\n Mas\u2018udi. 2012. \u201cMas\u2018udi on a Viking raid on the Caspian\u201d in Ibn Fadlan and the Land of Darkness: Arab Travellers in the Far North, translation by Paul Lunde and Stone Caroline. London: Penguin Books, 131-132.<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Miskawayh. 2012. \u201cMiskawayh on the Rus raid on Bardha\u2018a 943\u201d in Ibn Fadlan and the Land of Darkness: Arab Travellers in the Far North, translation by Paul Lunde and Caroline Stone. London: Penguin Books, 134-137.<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cMuhammad and Archangel Gabriel.\u201d 2013.Ways of the World: A Brief Global History with Sources, edited by Robert W. Strayer and Eric W. Nelson Second Edition, Combined ed. Boston: Bedford\/St. Martin’s, 401.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cQardah the Martyr.\u201d 2014. The Chronicle of S\u00e9ert, edited by Anthony Alcock, 7-9. <\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Sebeos. 1999. \u201cChapter 42\u201d in The Armenian History Attributed to Sebeos. Vol. 31, edited by James Howard-Johnston. Liverpool University Press, 94-102. <\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Sophronius of Jerusalem. 2012. \u201cSermon on the Epiphany\u201d in Readings in Late Antiquity: a Sourcebook, edited by Michael Mass. Hoboken: Taylor and Francis, 399.<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n “Story of Shahdost the Martyr and Tenth Catholicos.\u201d 2014. The Chronicle of S\u00e9ert, edited by Anthony Alcock, 51-52.<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Tacitus, Publius Cornelius. 2013. \u201cGermania\u201d in Ways of the World: A Brief Global History with Sources, edited by Robert W. Strayer and Eric W. Nelson. Second Edition, Combined ed. Boston: Bedford\/St. Martin’s, 140-142.<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cThe Battle of Badr.\u201d 2013. Ways of the World: A Brief Global History with Sources, edited by Robert W. Strayer and Eric W. Nelson Second Edition, Combined ed. Boston: Bedford\/St. Martin’s, 404.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cThe Chronicle of Novgorod.\u201d 2013. Ways of the World: A Brief Global History with Sources, edited by Robert W. Strayer and Eric W. Nelson Second Edition, Combined ed. Boston: Bedford\/St. Martin’s, 494-495.<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cThe Destruction of Idols.\u201d 2013. Ways of the World: A Brief Global History with Sources, edited by Robert W. Strayer and Eric W. Nelson Second Edition, Combined ed. Boston: Bedford\/St. Martin’s, 406.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cThe Night Journey of Muhammad.\u201d2013. Ways of the World: A Brief Global History with Sources, edited by Robert W. Strayer and Eric W. Nelson Second Edition, Combined ed. Boston: Bedford\/St. Martin’s, 402.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Secret History of the Mongols.\u201d 2013. Ways of the World: A Brief Global History with Sources, edited by Robert W. Strayer and Eric W. Nelson Second Edition, Combined ed. Boston: Bedford\/St. Martin’s, 489-490.<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cTreatise on the Relics of the Patriarchs at Hebron.\u201d 2012. Readings in Late Antiquity: a Sourcebook, edited by Michael Mass. Hoboken: Taylor and Francis, 400.<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Sima Qian. 2013. \u201cRecords of the Grand Historian\u201d in Ways of the World: A Brief Global History with Sources, edited by Robert W. Strayer and Eric W. Nelson Second Edition, Combined ed. Boston: Bedford\/St. Martin’s, 143-145.<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n William of Rubruck. 2013. \u201cJourney to the Land of the Mongols\u201d in Ways of the World: A Brief Global History with Sources, edited by Robert W. Strayer and Eric W. Nelson Second Edition, Combined ed. Boston: Bedford\/St. Martin’s, 496-497.<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Xuanzang. 2003. \u201cRecord of the Western Regions.\u201d Translated by Samuel Beal. Silk Road Seattle Project, 7-69. https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/silkroad\/texts\/xuanzang.html<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Yu Huan. 2004. \u201cThe Peoples of the West.\u201d Translated by John E. Hill. Silk Road Seattle Project, Sections 11-14. https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/silkroad\/texts\/weilue\/weilue.html#section11<\/a><\/p>\n BIBLIOGRAPHY\/SECONDARY SOURCES<\/p>\n Note: Not all of these secondary sources are assigned every semester.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Berger, Adolf, Barry Nicholas, and Susan M. Treggiari. 2012. The Oxford Classical Dictionary. 2012. 4th ed. rev. Oxford: Oxford University Press<\/a>.<\/p>\n Bentley, Jerry H., Herbert F. Ziegler, and Heather Streets-Salter. 2016. Traditions & Encounters: A Brief Global History. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Education<\/a>.<\/p>\n Eastman, David L. 2023. \u201cMarytrs Texts.\u201d Bible Odyssey. Society of Biblical Literature. Accessed February 21, 2023. https:\/\/www.bibleodyssey.org\/video-gallery\/martyr-texts\/<\/a><\/p>\n Eusner, Jacob. \u201cBabylonian Jewry and Shapur II\u2019s Persecution of Christianity from 339 to 379 A.D. Hebrew Union College Annual 43 (1972): 77\u2013102<\/a><\/p>\n Fern\u00e1ndez-Armesto, Felipe. The World: A History: Combined Volume. 2nd ed. Upper Saddle River [N.J.]: Prentice-Hall, 2010.<\/p>\n Frankopan, Peter. 2016 The Silk Roads: A New History of the World. First American ed. New York: Alfred A. <\/a><\/p>\n Hansen, Valerie. 2017. The Silk Road: A New History with Documents. New York: Oxford Oxford University Press,<\/a><\/p>\n Ibn Fa\u1e0dl\u0101n, A\u1e25mad. 2012. Ibn Fadlan and the Land of Darkness: Arab Travellers in the Far North, edited by Paul Lunde and Caroline Stone. London: Penguin Books<\/a>.<\/p>\n Liu, Xinru. 2010. The Silk Road in World History. Oxford: Oxford University Press, USA<\/a>.<\/p>\n Maalouf, Amin. 2003. Samarkand: A Novel. New York: Interlink Books<\/a>.<\/p>\n Maas, Michael. 2012. Readings in Late Antiquity: A Sourcebook. Hoboken: Taylor and Francis<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Mair, Victor H., and Jane Hickman, eds. 2014. Reconfiguring the Silk Road : New Research on East-West Exchange in Antiquity : The Papers of a Symposium Held at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology March 19, 2011. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Mark, Joshua J. 2014. “Artemisia I of Caria.” World History Encyclopedia. Last modified March 12. https:\/\/www.worldhistory.org\/Artemisia_I_of_Caria\/.<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Mark, Joshua J. 2022. “Herodotus.” World History Encyclopedia. Last modified October 19. https:\/\/www.worldhistory.org\/herodotus\/.<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n\n