Pick a section from one of the textbooks on reserve in the library on any aspect of Late Antiquity that interests you to analyze. Write a short (2-3-page) critique. Your analysis should consider what information the author(s) present, and how it is presented. Is it presented as factual or interpretative? What is their supporting evidence? What might they have left out? Who are they? How might that shape their interpretation? What is the main takeaway from the section for the reader in terms of the history of Late Antiquity?
In God's Path: The Arab Conquests and the Creation of an Islamic Empire by 
The Corrupting Sea by 
Empires of Faith: the fall of Rome to the rise of Islam, 500-700 by 
History of Rome by History of the Byzantine Empire From DCCXVI To MLVII by Mahommedan History, vol. 1 by The Saracens: from the earliest times to the fall of Bagdad by 
