The 1st Homework assignment will be a Free Write on the various elements you will read, watch and listen to on some of the major empires that arose from the devastation brought by the Black Death. In particular, these were: What I want you to do in your Free Write Homework assignment is to discuss AT LEAST TWO of these new empires in the context of the post-Black Death Eurasian world with the Ottomans being REQUIRED. In particular, talk about a couple things you find interesting about those two empires and WHY you find them interesting. When doing this, reference specific materials from the course (i.e. lecture, videos, textbook, or primary documents). Write about 125-150 words or so for this assignment.
