URGENT!! (LONG ESSAY)

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 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, continuity, or 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. By the period 1200–1450 CE, the Silk Roads had long been established as a prominent trading route connecting Asia, the Middle East, and Europe.

Develop an argument that evaluates the extent to which patterns of interaction along the Silk Roads changed from 1200 to 1450 CE.

3. In the period 1450–1700 CE, many European countries made advancements in transoceanic exploration.

Develop an argument that evaluates the extent to which European exploration around 1500 CE changed the way in which empires facilitated trade.

4. In the period from 1900 CE to the present, the world faced multiple global conflicts that had a profound influence on world politics.

Develop an argument that evaluates the extent to which the end of World War II in 1945 brought major changes to world politics.