A college-level essay assignment. Students will prepare a 1,000 word essay analyzing the Pact of Umar as a primary source. (The length requirement can be modified as needed.) Students should include an introduction describing the historical context for the document by answering the following questions: What caused this document to be created? Who are the parties to this document? Upon whose authority was this pact issued? The main body of the essay will discuss the provisions of the pact. What behaviors are prohibited? What actions are commanded? How would this impact local inhabitants? What are the benefits and detriments to the local inhabitants? What penalties would be imposed? How were the provisions to be enforced? A conclusion would include an analysis of whether or not such a document was necessary. What were the motivations for including the various prohibitions and commands? Were these religiously, politically, or militarily motivated? Are there any additional terms which should have been included? Did the pact accomplish its basic purpose?