When Columbus set sail in 1492, he had little
idea where he was going, not to mention no idea of where he actually landed,
and Europe was a mere economic and political backwater that paled in comparison
to China and the robust Indian Ocean trade. Four hundred years later, Europe
was indisputably the most prosperous and politically powerful part of the
world. It had become the center of the world. What explains Europe’s dramatic
transformation? Write an essay that roughly traces the history of Europe throughout
this period and makes an argument about how Europe put
itself at the center of the world.
VERY IMPORTANT:
ONLY THE ATTACHED SOURCES MAY BE USED – NO OUTSIDE SOURCES – MUST
INCLUDE 4 PARENTHETICAL IN-TEXT CITATIONS FROM PRIMARY SOURCES – TEXTBOOK
ITSELF IS NOT PRIMARY SOURCE, HOWEVER, THERE ARE SOME PRIMARY SOURCES IN THE
TEXTBOOK
Write a 5-paragraph response for the above
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Each paragraph must include 6 or more sentences
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Thesis in first paragraph
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Each body paragraph must make a point that
supports the thesis as a whole
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Response should include at least 4 PRIMARY
SOURCE quotations with parenthetical in-text citations (Chicago citation style)
using ONLY the attached sources – .pdf primary sources attached and screenshots
are sections from textbook source: A
History of World Societies – Authors:
Merry E. Weisner-Hanks; Patricia Buckley Ebrey; Roger B. Beck; Jerry
Davila; Clare Haru Crowston; John P. McKay – Publisher: Macmillan Edition: Twelfth Edition – Publication year: 2021.
Some of the primary sources are from the textbook and are noted as such
in the screenshots as being from the textbook.
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The response should include an outline at the
beginning.