Who were the stoics and epicureans and what did each believe

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Western Civilization before The Thirty Years War

Instructions: Please choose one question from each section to answer for your exam. This will mean that you will answer a total of four questions, each worth 25 points.

Please know that your responses must be at least 10 sentences long. While using short, quoted phrases is fine to help support your ideas, your answers must be written mostly in your own words. Any quoting you include must be properly cited using Chicago style citations.

Please choose ONE of the following questions to answer.

1. Who were the Sea Peoples? What did they do and why are they important to ancient history?

2. Who were the Stoics and Epicureans? What did each believe? Why would the Hellenistic rulers have supported the Stoics over the Epicureans?

3. How did the Neo-Assyrian kings' treatment of their own people as well as those they conquered contribute to their eventual downfall?

4. Public religious tradition in ancient Greece was observed in public sacrifices and festivals. How was personal, private religious devotion demonstrated? Provide at least two specific examples.

Please choose ONE of the following questions to answer.

1. During the Second Punic War, and especially in light of Cannae, Hannibal could be called the general who won the battle but lost the war. Why is this so?

2. What was Arianism and how did the Council of Nicaea in 325 attempts to resolve the issue? When was the issue actually resolved?

3. Why were 11th century Muslim traders able to conduct business in such far-flung places as Baghdad, Cordoba and Cairo?

4. What was the Concordat of Worms (1122)? What impact did it have on Church-State relations in the Holy Roman Empire?

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