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USE TEXTBOOK- WESTERN CIVILIZATION 9TH EDITION JACKSON J. SPIELVOGEL YOUTUBE VIDEO-“The Last Days of Julius Caesar” Answer in an EXHAUSTIVE MANNER AND USE QUOTES AND EVIDENCE FROM THE TEXT Regarding “The Assassination of Julius Caesar” : (Main Text, Chapter 5) What does Plutarch’s account of Caesar’s assassination reveal about the […]

Essay Question (50 points each): Answer two of the questions below in essay form (i.e. two separate essays) by drawing on information from lectures, your textbook, class discussions, as well as documents we have read for class. Good answers will start with a clear argument and then support each point […]

President Harry Truman made the decision to use the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945. After reviewing the information in the module, determine what his motivations were. Was it to prevent more deaths? Was it to intimidate the Russians? What was the main motivation? Since that time, […]

You are ready to write history. To practice, you will respond to two questions about the historical periods that we are studying in Weeks 8 and 9. In this assignment, I am not looking only for “right” answers. The questions are broad to allow for many interpretations. What I am […]

Since the time of George Washington, presidents have nominated justices to serve on the Supreme Court. President Ronald Reagan appointed the first woman justice, Sandra Day OConnor. What difference does one justice make over the other? What were the criteria for Reagan? How did OConnor and Reagans other appointments make […]

Were there any problems or conditions in the Middle East at the turn of the seventh century that might have contributed to the rise of Islam? What are the essential characteristics of Islam (the Five Pillars and anything else you wish to add)? Do these reflect Islam’s Arabian roots? Your […]