Answer Question 2 or Question 3 or Question 4. In your response, you should do the following:

Respond to the prompt with a historically defensible thesis or claim that establishes a line of reasoning.
Describe a broader historical context that is relevant to the prompt.
Support an argument in response to the prompt using specific and relevant examples of evidence.
Use historical reasoning (e. g., comparison, causation, or continuity and change) to frame or structure an argument that addresses the prompt.
Use evidence to corroborate, qualify, or modify an argument that addresses the prompt.
PROMPT:

2. In the period from ca. 1200 to 1450 CE, cross-cultural interactions led to the diffusion of literary, artistic, and cultural traditions, as well as scientific and technological innovations.

Develop an argument that evaluates the extent to which cross-cultural interactions influenced culture in Afro-Eurasia during the period from ca. 1200 to 1450 CE.

3. The transatlantic slave system had tremendous effects on the peoples of the Americas, Europe, and Africa.

Develop an argument that evaluates the extent to which the transatlantic slave system affected culture during the period from ca. 1450 to 1750 CE.

4. Political, social, and technological changes in the 20th century led to cultural changes on a global level.

Develop an argument that evaluates the extent to which globalization affected culture in the 20th century.