Analyze critically the main internal and external factors that led to the emergence and success of the Ottoman Empire.
An essay is a written response to a question or statement. This response requires an in-depth exploration of a specific topic. Essays assess your ability to see relationships between concepts. In an essay, you are expected to:
Express your opinion or point of view
Find sources to independently support your claims
Cite and reference your sources appropriately
Present your work in an appropriate format
Suggested approach to the task:
Before you start writing your essay, I recommend using the following steps. This process has been designed to assist you in understanding a text by identifying the key considerations that will play a significant role in adequately contextualizing your passage.
Undertake topic readings, access your lecture slides, watch relevant recorded lectures with the intent to understand and critically analyse the text/question/topic/theme. A good set of notes will help with the writing of essays and will ensure that everything is said in your own words. Students who do not take lecture notes often end up copying material from books and the internet, which can lead to plagiarism.
Undertake related reading through a literature search that focuses on your topic and writing in the context you have selected. You can refer to this resource to help you get started with research https://libguides.csu.edu.au/islamic-studies
Consider how you will approach the topic and develop a plan for the written discussion.
Write your initial draft. You can refer to this resource to help you https://student.csu.edu.au/learning-skills/assignments
Edit and proof read your work very carefully.
Adhere to the word limit (2500 words). Please note that this does not include the front page, footnotes and bibliography/references list.
Ensure you have followed the correct structure for your in-text citations, footnotes and bibliography/references list. For Chicago style referencing, you can refer to this resource https://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/home.html
Complete and submit via EASTS.
This assessment task will work towards assessing the following learning outcome/s:
be able to understand critically the major events of the Rightly Guided era and the first schism.
be able to evaluate critically how Crusades and the Mongol invasion of the Muslim world produced a new world order.
be able to discuss critically the internal and external factors responsible for the decline of the Muslim world.
be able to demonstrate in-depth understanding of the intellectual, cultural, social and economic scale of the Islamic civilisation.
be able to evaluate critically the Muslim contribution to science and human civilisation.
be able to analyse critically the effects of the end of the Caliphate.
The writing of an essay is required in this subject to assess your ability to understand at a deeper level, selected aspects of Islamic history. This means that you are able to produce a coherent written text by consulting source and reference materials. Also it is evidence that your essay does inform the reader and reflects your depth of analysis and understanding.
