The text book is the concise third edition of World Together/Worlds Apart
(Volume 1) with sources published by Norton.
The reply only needs to be a minimum of 200 for each discussion.
Discussion 9 prompt: The post needs to be atleat 200 words
Discussion 9 prompt: Please read the Global Themes and Sources section for Chapter 9 (Women
and Community in the Context of New Empires). After reading Primary Sources 9.1, 9.2,
9.3, and 9.4 answer at least three of the following sets of questions:
A. “What do these texts (and the empires they represent) reveal about societal expectations for
women’s behavior toward women? What might account for any similarities and differences?”
B. Which woment and men are inluded, explicitly and implicitly, in the expectations laid out in
these texts? Who is excluded? What do these inclusions and exclusions suggest about the
historical contexts of these texts?”
C. “Based on the historical sources, how did the belief systems of Islam, Christianity, and
Confucianism offer contexts for gender expectations and family structures?”
D. “In what ways do the expectations about women’s behavior and their role in the community
challenge your impression of women’s roles in the historical contexts of Abbasid Islam, western
Christendom, Tang China, and the Viking world?”
E. How might an increasingly connected world have modified gender roles as the belief systems
that created those roles came into contact with one another?
Discussion 10 prompt: Needs to be atleast 200 words
Discussion 10 prompt: Please read the Global Themes and Sources section for Chapter 10
(Comparing World Travelers Over Time)). After reading Primary Sources 10.1, 10.2, 10.3,
10.4, and 10.5, answer at least two of the following sets of questions:
A. “Based on these excerpts, what sorts of details seem to interest each traveler? How does
the form of each text (life of revered holy figure, post-trip travelogue, inscription) influence
the reliability of the account?”
B. “What sorts of dangers are explicitly mentioned, or implied, in these texts?”
C. “What in the texts suggests the exchange of goods and ideas?”
D. “Compare these travel accounts with those from the Global Themes and Sources feature
of Chapter 8. What are some of the similarities and differences in the ‘world’ travels of these
two groups of individuals? What accounts for those changes and continuities over time?”
Discussion 11 prompt: Needs to be atleast 200 words. Please read the Global Themes and
Sources section for Chapter 11 (Causes and Effects of the Black Death).
After reading Primary Sources 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, and 11.4 answer at least two of the following
three sets of questions: (A) “How do the responses to, and the effects of, plague in the
Muslim world (as reported by al-Wardi, Ibn Khaldun, and al-Maqrizi) compare with those in
Florence (As reported in The Florentine Chronicle)? (B) What patterns in explaining causation
and effects of plague do you detect in these sources? How do the various causes and effects
explicitly or implicitly discussed in each text build on one another? (C) “Based on your
reading of these sources, what do you think is the short-and long-term historical significance
of the effects of the plague?

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