SOAN 349: Frontiers & Borders
MW 2:45-4:00, Alumni 108
Colgate University
 Spring 2005 Professor Thomas Hall
 NEW Office:  B3 Alumni, x7042, email:  tdhall@mail.colgate.edu
 OFFICE HOURS:  M 4-5, TU 2-3, W 11-12, & by appointment
Last Updated 4-24-05
Study Guide for Final
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The Final will consist of 4 question, the total exam is worth 200 points out of 1000 total.  For weighting of class activities see Grading and Attendance.

1. Compare & contrast your case study with any three others presented by other groups.

2. Compare & contrast steppe frontiers with China and with Russia [Barfield & Khodarkovsky]

3. Compare & contrast the Chinese steppe frontiers with the Roman European frontiers [Barfield & Wells].

4. Based on Wells and the readings in Weber & Rausch what evidences of continuity between Roman and Spanish frontier strategies do you see?

5. Based on Wells and the readings in Weber & Rausch what differences between Roman and Spanish frontier strategies do you see?

6. Based on Wells & Barfield on the one hand and Slatta and Khodarkovsky on the other, how have or did frontier relations and strategies change between the ancient the "early modern" world?

7. Based on Donnan & Wilson on the one hand and Slatta on the other, how have or did frontier relations and strategies change between the 19th and the 20th centuries?

8. Based on Donnan & Wilson on the one hand and Wells & Barfield on the other hand, what are the major differences in frontier processes and strategies between the ancient world and the very modern 20th century world?

9. How is the study of frontiers in or before the 19th century relevant to understanding borders in the 21st century?

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