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The Making of the West<\/em> Chapter 9: From Centralization to Fragmentation 750\u20131050 \u2013\u00a0Learn about the Byzantine, Islamic, and Carolingian Empires and\u00a0how local rule emerged from a very tumultuous time.<\/p>\n The Norton Anthology of Western Literature, Vol. 1<\/em> <\/p>\n Week 6 Discussion<\/p>\n Write on one of the following topics:<\/strong><\/p>\n Topic 1:<\/strong><\/p>\n How do the roles of reason and belief change from ancient times through the Middle Ages? Support your view with discussion of both historical material and at least two primary texts covered in class.<\/p>\n Topic 2:<\/strong><\/p>\n How does the evolution of the hero figure relate to social, political, and\/or cultural changes?\u00a0Discuss how Beowulf compares to\u00a0two other heroes from different time periods (ancient, Greek, Roman, middle ages) covered in class.\u00a0How are these heroes different?\u00a0How are they specifically tied to their historical context?\u00a0Which heroes are more alike?\u00a0Different?<\/p>\n Plagiarism<\/strong><\/p>\n Three common types of plagiarism you need to be aware of as a student:<\/p>\n According to the Academic Integrity and Academic Dishonesty Handbook:<\/p>\n Your paper should have at least 80% of your own original thought, not \u201cborrowed, paraphrased [or] quoted\u201d from material pulled from the Internet, articles, journals, books, etc. Your thoughts, not someone else\u2019s!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Week 6 Reading The Making of the West Chapter 8: The Heirs of Rome: Islam, Byzantium, and Europe 600\u2013750 BCE \u2013 We will discover the connections that the Islamic world, Byzantium, and Western Europe have with Rome\u2019s traditions. Chapter Read More …<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-232008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232008","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=232008"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232008\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=232008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=232008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nChapter 8: The Heirs of Rome: Islam, Byzantium, and Europe 600\u2013750 BCE \u2013 We will discover the connections that the Islamic world, Byzantium, and Western Europe have with Rome\u2019s traditions.<\/p>\n
\nBeowulf \u2013\u00a0<\/em>An early important work of Anglo-Saxon literature,\u00a0Beowulf<\/em>\u00a0is a poem that narrates a tale of a great Scandinavian hero who must battle monsters in the hopes of saving a kingdom.<\/p>\n\n
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