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Essay 1 Guidelines: This essay asks you to think about how historians use primary sources as historical evidence. Below you will see a list of four broad categories of the kinds of sources that we have read this week. Pick any two categories and tell me what you see as the strengths and limitations of these sources for understanding the Silk Roads. (Xinru Liu, The Silk Road: A Brief History with Documents ISBN: 9780312475512) Liu, The Silk Roads Introduction, Documents #1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 12, 15, 16, 19, 21, 22, 23, 26
You must use six (6) documents from the readings in the essay, at least two which I did not assign.
– documents that support exchange of ideas along trade routes
– documents that criticized exchange of ideas along trade routes
– personal accounts of life along trade routes
– histories of the trade routes
Things to think about as you craft your essay: what kinds of documents did you find most reliable and trustworthy; which ones find most suspect, and why? Why is it important to look at different kinds of documents, even those you find lest trustworthy? Your essay should discuss at least four primary documents, including one not assigned.
Length: The essay should run between 650-975 words. (That equals 2-3 pages, standard fonts and margins, double spaced.)
What you can use: You are allowed to any material that comes from Liu’s The Silk Roads. You must cite the properly. Parenthetic citations are fine. YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO USE ANY OTHER OUTSIDE SOURCES, WHETHER PRINT OR ELECTRONIC.
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