Summary: "If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack." Winston Churchill
Basics: Write a 2-3 page paper in a reasonable font and observing all the normal rules of grammar and style. Be sure to base your answer to this question on primary sources that you read for last week. DO NOT rely on Berkey, introductions, lectures or any other source. Use specific examples from the sources that you read for last week. BE SURE to use footnotes to indicate where you got your examples!
The Question: Based on The Art of Party Crashing, what makes a good party in medieval Iraq? What does this tell you about social norms in the Middle East in this period?