2002-2014
• T Thesis (must be acceptable according to the prompt)
• R Reasons for similarities AND differences through analysis
(APRULE OF 3)
• A Addresses all parts of the question
• C Comparisons (relevant, direct; AP RULE OF 3)
• E Evidence (used to support thesis; AP RULE OF 3)
Compare
Contrast
Concession
Similarly
likewise
in like fashion
in like manner
analogous to
equally
On the contrary
contrarily
notwithstanding
but
however
nevertheless
in spite of
in contrast
yet
on one hand
on the other hand
conversely
at the same time
instead
on the other hand
Although
Though
Even Though
While it may be true
In spite of
Granted that
notwithstanding
even if
whereas
while
• Begin listing similar and different reactions: Venn Diagram?
• Not just patriarchy but bride wealth, machismo, cult of
domesticity, Revolutions, and labor
• Think depression, imperialism, treaty of Versailles, Mandates,
nationalism, oil, Cotton, Ghandi, civil disobedience,
totalitarianism
• Yuan Dynasty, Il-Khanate, Golden horde, isolation vs. silk route,
end of Abbasid, Foreign rule in China
• Land redistribution, role of women, communism, role of the
“West”, conservative vs. liberal
• Gunpowder weaponry, maritime vs. overland, mercantilism,
Catholic, Multi-Ethnic Empires, Westernization, imperialism
• Revolutions, decolonization, unstable governments, constitutional
governments, caudillos, dictators, neocolonialism, economic
imperialism, OPEC, Pan Arab nationalism, Pan African
nationalism
• Encomienda, las castas system, miscegenation, laws forbidding
intermarriage, syncretism, Las Casas, fugitive slave laws, social
Darwinism
• Imperial military, role of religion, role of laws, trade along silk
routes, building projects,
• Tribute, military trans Sahara, Silk route, role of religion, former
nomads, treatment of conquered subjects
• Miscegenation, foodstuffs, great dying, trans Atlantic slave
trade, deforestation, silver mines, population increase in Europe
and Africa
•
Think Mejii restoration, China’s self strengthening movement, the Ottoman Tanzimat reforms, traditionalist vs.
modernization (Westernization), Industrialization, state sponsorship, foreign investment, emancipation of the
serfs, ole of imperialism
•
Think of Eastern Orthodox Christianity ( Caesaropapism), Buddhism (under Asoka’s Pax Mauryana and tolerance), Hinduism
inspiring Gupta’s golden Age if Hinduism, Islam as a political, economic and cultural force. Monumental architecture (Hagia
Sofia, Dome of the Rock, Stupas, Arjunta Caves), Laws ( Justinian’s Code, Asoka’s Rock Pillar edicts, Sharia, Codes of Manu),
Tolerance vs. Intolerance, social hierarchy ( caste) vs. social mobility role of women ( veiling, suttee, legal rights
)