Jewish literature and civilization
Read the Book of Ruth (4 chapters) from this link: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ruth+1&version=CJB Consider what the reading tells us the history and culture of the period – what does it tell us about people’s beliefs, behaviors, interactions, and the ways they lived and thought about the world around them. Write an analysis of one or some of […]
World Civilization
Read the paper by Nathan Nunn and Nancy Qian entitled “The Columbian Exchange: A History of Disease, Food, and Ideas, in Journal of Economic Perspectives, Vol. 24, Number 2, Spring 2010, Pages 163-188. Write a two- or three-page paper analyzing the document and showing its relevance to world history. Your submission should be typed, double-spaced, […]