Name Ronald Pritipaul AP WORLD DOCUMENT 1 1. What is the source of the document?

( 1 point)

Date DBQ PRACTICE

The source of the document is Salbian, a Christian priest. The excerpt was taken from his book !omans and "arbarians.

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What specific information do $ou know about the source that would influence their point of %iew? (# points) Sal%ian is a Christian priest, this meant that he was part of the upper class and did not exactl$ portra$ the sentiments of the lower classes. &urthermore it means that he was probabl$ not part of an$ nomadic 'roup. Considerin' the fact that he wrote a book, Sal%ian was probabl$ educated.

(. )ow can we interpret the actions of the nomadic tribe? Would $ou consider them barbarians? *xplain. (# points) The nomadic tribes are %er$ lo%in' and compassionate. Sal%ian sa$s that +almost all barbarians, at least those who are of one race and kin, lo%e each other, - would consider this ci%ili.ed and not barbaric because it shoes that the tribes were more compassionate than people who were supposed to be ci%ili.ed.

DOCUMENT 2 1. What is the source of the document? ( 1 point) The source of this document is the mother of a # nd centur$ +barbarian kin',.

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What specific information do $ou know about the source that would influence their point of %iew? (# points) This source is a woman which pro%ides a %iewpoint that is not often seen in other documents. She also is older than the kin' so she probabl$ knows more about the customs and traditions of her tribe. )er past experiences with rulers could be inspiration for her ad%ice for her son.

(. )ow can we interpret the actions of the nomadic tribe? Would $ou consider them barbarians? *xplain. (# points)

The nomadic people destro$ed all the land that the$ con/uered0 the$ ransacked %illa'es and decimated monuments. The$ did this because the$ wanted to lea%e a mark on societ$ and because the$ did not want prior societies to be better than them. - consider this barbaric because the$ destro$ed all the ad%ancements of earlier societies and did nothin' to ad%ance their own societ$. DOCUMENT 1. What is the source of the document? ( 1 point) The source of this document was a roman historian named Tacticus. )e wrote about the 1ermanic tribes in his book 1ermania. #. What specific information do $ou know about the source that would influence their point of %iew? (# points) - know that Tacticus was ali%e durin' the 2ax !omana when !ome was still powerful and so he probabl$ underestimated the power of the 1ermanic tribes. &urthermore he is an upper class man so he was probabl$ educated.

(. )ow can we interpret the actions of the nomadic tribe? Would $ou consider them barbarians? *xplain. (# points) The nomadic tribes were la.$ and did not reall$ do an$thin' to ad%ance culture or societ$. The$ did not do an$thin' worthwhile when the$ were not fi'htin', further more the$ accepted 'ifts from nei'hbors but we can infer from the document that the$ were not too keen on 'i%in' back an$thin' in return. - consider this barbaric because the$ aren3t doin' an$thin' to ad%ance ci%ili.ation and the$ are bein' freeloaders.

DOCUMENT ! 1. What is the source of the document? ( 1 point) The source is a 1reek historian named 2riscus as he is describin' the court of 4ttila the )un #. What specific information do $ou know about the source that would influence their point of %iew? (# points)

- know that he li%ed in the +ci%ili.ed, world so he probabl$ had a hi'her standard of li%in' compared to the )uns that he %isited. &urthermore he li%ed in the 5 th centur$ so he probabl$ had a 'reat understandin' of how powerful the )uns reall$ were. (. )ow can we interpret the actions of the nomadic tribe? Would $ou consider them barbarians? *xplain. (# points) The )uns were probabl$ more ci%ili.ed than other nomadic 'roups, the$ had polished wooden boards and other luxuries that the other nomadic 'roups did not ha%e. )owe%er, the$ were not nearl$ as wealth$ as other ci%ili.ations that came before them. This, in m$ opinion shows that the nomadic 'roups were barbaric because the$ lacked thin's that other ci%ili.ations had, howe%er it also shows that some nomadic 'roups were better off than other 'roups

DOCUMENT " 1. What is the source of the document? ( 1 point) The source of the document is Cassiodorus howe%er0 he is not the one who wrote the ori'inal letter, the !oman 6in' Theodoric wrote this letter to 7n'is the Sword8"earer #. What specific information do $ou know about the source that would influence their point of %iew? (# points) - know that both Cassiodorus and 6in' Theodoric were part of the noble class and took care of diplomatic relations with nei'hborin' tribes so the$ probabl$ had a precedent to base their actions on. 9oreo%er the$ (. )ow can we interpret the actions of the nomadic tribe? Would $ou consider them barbarians? *xplain. (# points) The !oman emperor stated that people would 'rie%e o%er the fact that the$ did not ha%e roman rule prior to their con/uest. This means that the !omans belie%ed nomadic societ$ to be inferior to their societ$. - would consider the nomadic tribe barbaric because the$ lacked the luxuries the romans had.