Essay Question B: An important development after 500 CE was the emergence of interaction zones in areas that had not been part of an Ancient or Classical core. These regions interacted with the older core areas in many ways – violently as well as peacefully. Choose two specific cases, and discuss how both these zones and the older centers were affected by their interactions. Possible cases include:
Central Asia
Southeast Asia
East Africa
West Africa
Atlantic Europe
Essay Question C: The religions we have examined in this part of the course all spread across substantial parts of the globe during the post-Classical period. Compare and contrast the ways that three of the following religions established groups of followers far from where the religion was first practiced: Buddhism, Hinduism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam.