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Essay Instructions: Please write a 2-page paper discussing how your presentation topic is part of the Silk Road!!!! The main argument of your presentation and the evidence you presented should be summarized in this paper.

It needs to be cleanly written. It must be properly cited! Any research, whether directly quoted or simply used, must be cited with a page number in a foot or endnote.

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Essay Instructions: You must describe an object and demonstrate how it is related to the Silk road using only the visual evidence. This is NOT a research paper, it is a visual exercise. Describe the object in full; pretend that you are describing it to a family member who is educated but knows little about this particular area. The reader should be able to imagine the object in his/her mind as you describe it so you need to take into account what the object is, its color, size, shape, material and the like.
-why did the artist make the choices he/she made? Is the material particularly important for its function? Is it very expensive/inexpensive? How do you think it was made? Why do you think the artist chose the style he/she chose ??" is it roughly hewn or childlike or simple or is it instead ornate? What type of message does this convey?
-how might this object relate to the silk road? Is it directly related to the marketplace? Perhaps it is an object that was widely imported/exported. Is it made in a silk road country but shows hybridity suggesting the importation of other cultures along the silk road? Perhaps it is an object that combines materials or subject matter from different places along the Silk Road. Is it a religious object ??" did the religion move along the silk road? Can the object itself be easily transported? Or is it a monumental object whose ideas moved along the silk road? This is the section of the paper where you show me your original thinking.
5. Write your paper based on your observations ??" do not do any research!! ??" this paper is about what you see and what you think, not about what you read. About 2 paragraphs should be spent describing the object. The remaining paper should analyze the object and its relationship to the Silk Road. Discussion might include: how its form relates to its function (why might a brazier ??" a small grill or heater ??" be rectangular with feet?); how does its form relate to where it was used and by whom (who reads an illustrated story of legendary kings?) What motifs were chosen and their placement and why? (why is there an inscription at the bottom of a cup that would likely be covered by whatever one is drinking? Why would a pitcher used for banquets have an image of a dancer on it?)
6. The paper should be written in elegant prose and free from errors ??" please proofread!

A few tips:
- Your description should be objective and NOT include comments such as “This object is the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen.” or “I chose this object because it caught my eye because it is beautiful.” That doesn’t help your family reader “see” the object.
- You do not have to be RIGHT about anything you say. If you make a reasonable assumption based on what you see, then you are doing the assignment correctly. E.g. “The letters in the book are written in gold.” NOT “The letters in the book are written in a gold-colored substance.” It’s ok if it is not actual gold, the first description is totally clear. OR “The carpet is small and rectangular, like a yoga mat and was possibly used for meditation.” This is a great observation and allows the reader to imagine a yoga-mat sized carpet and you to make an educated guess as to its use; it does not matter if the carpet turns out to be a prayer rug, you made a reasonable assumption.
-Just write about what you see and you will have plenty to say.


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Essay Instructions: I am writing a five page paper on the History and Overview of Tajikistan, from its early days as part of the Achaemenid Persian Empire to being ruled by the Greeks, Arabs, Samanids, Mongols and finally the Russians/Soviets until they won their independence 1991. I am to talk about their rich heritage (like being on the Silk Road) and how they are the only Central Asian country that speaks a Persian Dialect whereas most of their neighbors speak a Turkic Dialect. I am to talk about the civil war that quickly broke out after their independence. How the country is doing now and what major problems it is facing.

I do not need to cover the climate or any other boring statistical information just the good stuff.

The Library of Congress is an excellent source as is the CIA World Facebook. Wikipedia is not an accepted source.

Essay Instructions: Arab Transnationalism in History, using and defining the role played along the Silk Road among others. A concise report on the role Arabs played (Traders, explorers, soldiers) focusing on a particular transnationalist (such as ibn batuta or others)