What is meant by the term ‘Abbasid revolution’?

Why would the early temple have been much like a house?

What do ancient stories tell us about the civilisation of Mesopotamia?

Compare the Venetian idea of good government with those in contemporary France.

Compare the conditions of life for a French serf and a Roman slave.

Why do we say that it was not natural fertility and high levels of food production that were the causes of early urbanisation?

What was the function of medieval monasteries?

Why did knights become a distinct group and when did they decline?

Why did Genghis Khan feel the need to fragment the Mongol tribes into new social and military groupings?

How did long-term changes in population levels affect economy and society in Europe

Why was trade so significant to the Mongols?

Of the new institutions that came into being once city life had begun, which would have depended on the initiative of the king?

‘If history relies upon written records produced by city-based literati, nomadic societies will always receive a hostile representation.’ Would you agree with this statement? Does it explain the reason why Persian chronicles produced such inflated figures of casualties resulting from Mongol campaigns?

How did long-term changes in population levels affect economy and society in Europe

Keeping the nomadic element of the Mongol and Bedouin societies in mind, how, in your opinion, did their respective historical experiences differ? What explanations would you suggest account for these differences?

How did the discovery of South America lead to the development of European colonialism? HOTS

Other than the use of English, what other features of English economic and social life do you notice in 19th century USA?

Imagine an encounter in California in about 1880 between four people: a former African slave, a Chinese labourer, a German who had come out in the Gold Rush, and a native of the Hopi tribe, and narrate their conversation.

How did the Qing dynasty try and meet the challenge posed by the Western powers?

Write a careful account of how the world appeared different to seventeenth century Europeans.

Did Japan’s policy of rapid industrialization lead to wars with its neighbors and destruction of the environment?