– Responses should be at least 3 full pages in length. All responses should include the student’s name and must be submitted as Microsoft word documents or rtf documents. They should be typed, double-spaced, employ a 12 point standard Times New Roman or 11 point Calibri font, have one inch margins all round. Responses should be proofread for typos, misspellings and other errors prior to handing them in. Responses will be considered late, and therefore not accepted, if they are not turned in during our class period on the due date.

– Please use specific examples from the primary texts we have read or refer to specific works of art in your arguments (i.e. “Quran”) – do not rely on generalizations. Please avoid plot summary or general description of the works of art; rather, concentrate on critical analysis of the work of art. Do not merely describe what the Great Mosque of Cordoba looks like, but analyze how its physical qualities are representative of the tenets of Muslim faith, and of Ibn Khaldun’s belief in the interconnectedness of society, religion and the physical world in which humans exist.