Directions: Answer any five of the following questions.  For each answer, make s

Directions:
Answer any five of the following questions. 
For each answer, make sure to make it very clear the Question number to which you are responding.  For each answer, make sure to include citations with page numbers.  Include examples when possible.  Each answer should be up to two substantial paragraphs in length.
1) Describe the characteristics of Medieval monasteries.  What role did the monasteries play in Medieval European society?
2) Compare and contrast the Umayyad and the Abbasid dynasties.  What were the issues which ended these dynasties?
3) Who were the Carolingians and what part did they play in the development of Western Christianity?
4) What were the causes, details, and consequences of the Islamic translation of Greek and Persian literature?
5) In what ways was Judaism “reformed, renewed and reviled?”
6) In what ways did Northern Europe differ from Mediterranean Europe in the Late Middle Ages?