This will be over Western Europe and Byzantium during 500-1000 CE. In other words, how did an aggressor’s invasion and settlement transform a region.
In a six paragraph essay, no more and no less, you will discuss how invasion and settlement transform civilizations in world history. Your final essay will include: (introduction with bolded thesis, four supporting paragraphs dedicated to changes caused by the invasion to 1)-society, 2)-economics, 3)-politics, 4)-religious structures, and a conclusion. Please utilize these four criteria as subheadings within your paper.
Examples would be Europe and the Viking invasions, India and the Muslim conquests, China and the Mongol invasions, Spanish and the New World, etc. There are numerous other examples you can choose from as well.
The word count for this assignment should be between 1,200 and 1,500 narrative words (excluding citation and a bibliography). A minimum of four academic sources must be used. You may use our Berger or Lesson lectures as one source. Do not use both. No tertiary sources (encyclopedias, almanacs, etc) are allowed.
