Writing Homework Help

Student will submit a summary (150-200 words in length each) of two document excerpts, listed in the week 3 assignments section, and your personal comments/reaction (150-200 words) for each document summary. Please read the instructions on how to complete the document summary assignment BEFORE posting the assignment so that you submit a complete assignment.

Select two of these documents to complete the weekly document summary assignment.

Ashoka, King of Behar: “The Rock Edicts,” c. 257 BCE https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/india/ashoka-edicts.asp (Links to an external site.)

Kautilya: from The Arthashastra, c. 250 BCE, Book I, Chapters 7, 19 “The Life of a Holy King, The Duties of a King” https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/india/kautilya1.asp#Book%20III,%20Chapter%203 (Links to an external site.)

Sima Qian, “Records of the Grand Historian,” https://www.ancient.eu/Sima_Qian/

Sima Qian, “The Legalist Polices of the Qin” https://chinasourcebook.blogspot.com/2009/08/legalist-polices-of-qin.html (Links to an external site.)

Xenophon (c.428-c.354 BCE): “The Polity of the Spartans,” c. 375 BCE https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/ancient/xeno-sparta1.asp (Links to an external site.)

The Twelve Tables, http://www.fordham.edu/Halsall/ancient/12tables.asp (Links to an external site.)

Polybius (c.200-after 118 BCE): The Battle of Cannae, http://www.fordham.edu/Halsall/ancient/polybius-cannae.asp (Links to an external site.)

Dio Cassius: Nero and the Great Fire 64 CE, http://www.fordham.edu/Halsall/ancient/diocassius-nero1.asp (Links to an external site.)

Josephus, “Roman Sack of Jerusalem” https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/religion/maps/primary/josephussack.html (Links to an external site.)

Josephus, “Jesus” http://jewishchristianlit.com//Topics/JewishJesus/josephus.html (Links to an external site.)

Letters by Roman Soldiers http://www.csun.edu/~hcfll004/soldiers.html