______ explorers are credited with first traveling through the modern-day boundaries of Louisiana in the early 1500s. 

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Part I: Reading IDs  For each quote, write a complete paragraph (no bullet points!) in which you identify the Author (if known), identify the Title (if known), give an approximate date (try to get the right century) of when the reading was written, give an approximate place where the reading was written, describe what the reading is about, describe why the reading is important for the history of World Civilization (You MUST answer this last using a sentence beginning: “It is important because . . .”).  Quote 2: “Righteousness does not consist in whether you face towards the East or the West.  The righteous man is he who believes in God and the Last Day, in the angels and the Book and the prophets; who. . . gives away his wealth to kinsfolk, to orphans, to the destitute . . . who attends to his prayers . . . who is true to his promises . . . such are the true believers; such are the God-fearing.”

Part II:  Short Answer  Answer each short answer question in a complete paragraph using specific lecture information.  BE SPECIFIC in your answer—use as many names, dates, places, and specific examples as you can remember.  Lectures 14, 15, 16, 20, 21, and 22 all point to connections between different cultures, kingdoms, peoples, languages, or communities leading to lasting change. Of these lectures, choose three and describe how the connections between societies were important in the development of one of them.

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Part I:  Reading IDs:  For each quote, write a complete paragraph (no bullet points!) in which you Identify the author, title, approximate date, and approximate location of the reading.  Then describe what the reading is about and why it is important for the history of World Civilization.  This last must use the phrase “This is important for the history of World Civilization because . . .” Quote 2: “Observe, Glaucon, that there will be no injustice in compelling our philosophers to have a care and providence of others; . . . When you have acquired the habit, you will see ten thousand times better than the inhabitants of the cave, and you will know what the several images are, and what they represent, because you have seen the beautiful and just and good in their truth. And thus our State which is also yours will be a reality, and not a dream only, and will be administered in a spirit unlike that of other States, in which men fight with one another about shadows only and are distracted in the struggle for power, which in their eyes is a great good. Whereas the truth is that the State in which the rulers are most reluctant to govern is always the best and most quietly governed, and the State in which they are most eager, the worst.”

Part I:  Reading IDs:  For each quote, write a complete paragraph (no bullet points!) in which you Identify the author, title, approximate date, and approximate location of the reading.  Then describe what the reading is about and why it is important for the history of World Civilization.  This last must use the phrase “This is important for the history of World Civilization because . . .” Quote 4:  “Now there arose in the mind of Gotama Bodhisat, when he had gone to his place and was meditating in seclusion, this thought: Verily this world has fallen upon trouble—one is born, and grows old, and dies . . . and from this suffering, moreover, no one knows of any way of escape . . . O when shall a way of escape from this suffering be made known—from decay and from death?”

Contrast the “Jesus” character in the Sermon on the Mount from the Canonical Gospel of Matthew with the “Jesus” character in the non-canonical Infancy Gospel of Thomas.  How does each text play on or build on a population’s expectation for a divine person? 

What kind of miracles does Bendict perform that shows (to author Pope Gregory and presumably the reader) that he is a Holy man? What else can these miracles tell us about the time in which he lived? 

Describe the values articulated in the Confucianism text.  What do these values tell you about ancient China?  Describe the values in the Buddhism text.  What do they tell you about the values of ancient India?  Be sure to cite some of each text in your answer.