Term Paper Topics 13th Waves 2008 Sept
(Due Date Oct. 1st)
World History
(1) Royal Park Protocol & Comment on September In-Class Debate
(2) Protocol & Comment on October In-Class Debate
(3) Protocol & Comment on November In-Class Debate
(4) Protocol & Comment on December In-Class Debate
(5) JJH Before the Sahara Became a Desert
(6) PJH Staple Food : the Domestication, Storage and Processing of Grain in Prehistory
(7) KGB Arabia Felix - Yemen Prior to Islam
(8) KMK The History of Ceylon Before A.D.700
(9) Junior The History of Bengal Before A.D.700
(10) LWJ Indian Ocean Trade Before Vasco da Gama
(11) Batwoman The Swahili Coast Before Vasco da Gama
(12) Hong Kong Sahel States Before Islam
(13) The History of Writing in the Sahara and further South
(14) LJM The History of Writing in Central Asia
(15) RHJ The Urban History of Central Asia before 1800
(16) Ferrari The Urban History of the Sahel Zone before 1800
(17) KMW The Urban History of Mesoamerica until 1500
(18) Hersheys History of Writing in the Americas until 1500
(19) Page The Food of the Incas, Aztecs and Maya
(20) HSY Food in Premodern Indian Civilization
(21) Pine Tree Food in Premodern Chinese Civilization
(22) OYN The Role of Women in Pre-Columbian America
(23) Fire Ant The Role of Women in Pre-Christian Celtic Society
(24) The Role of Women in Pagan and Arian Germanic Society
(25) Heewon's Daddy The Aryan Invasion Theory
(26) OTH A Social History of China (before 1900)
(27) LYH A Social History of Hindustan
(28) JJW The Industrialization and India (until 1947)
(29) Cleopatra The Industrialization and China (until 1949)
(30) NHW The Industrialization and Brazil (until 1960)
(31) CSJ The Jesuit Missions in South America
(32) LJH Asiento Trade
(33) Mafia The History of Sugar Plantations
(34) JHY The History of Coffee Plantations
(35) Shadow The Barbary Coast States, Piracy and Slave Trade
(36) Pillow The Crimean Tatars and Slave Trade
(37) Magyar Mameluk Egypt
(38) KHR Judaism in East Africa
(39) CES Portuguese-Arab Relations in the Indian Ocean 1500-1700
(40) LSE History of Confucian State Examinations
(41) Nigeria Academic History of the Arab World before 1800
(42) LJY Nalanda
(43) Youngconomics Academic History of China before 1800
(44) CJW Maya, Aztec and Inca Science
First claim, by email or verbal, gets the topic; every topic only once.
Many of the topics here are vague. Students can, and are encouraged to, specify topics.
Begin with branstorming : what questions do you want to answer ? What information do you have access to ?
Papers should be divided in several chapters and have a concluding analysis. Papers should contain endnotes and references.
July 11th 2008
Alexander Ganse
