1. Warm Up Questions
   “In 1258, the Mongols captured Baghdad, destroying much of the city and ending the Abbasid Caliphate. A Persian chronicler wrote that the city’s scholars and citizens were slaughtered and that the Tigris River ‘ran black with ink and red with blood.’”
   1. How does the historical context of Mongol conquest help explain why this chronicler described events so dramatically?
   2. Why might this affect the reliability of his account?
   
   
2. Document-Based-Question Essay Workshop
   
   
3. Begin work on Unit 3: Chapter 3.3 Homework (Homework--Due Thursday, October 16th)
   
   
4. Begin work on Unit 3: Chapter 3.4 Homework (Homework--Due Thursday, October 16th)