Essay will focus on influences of Christianity and Islam in the development of ideas in: literature, art, politics and law, social roles, or customs, as evident in The Thousand and One Nights.

Essay should cite 5-25 sources

Essay should state a clear thesis at the end of the introduction (no later than the 20% point of the essay). The thesis should conform to the usual requirements: it should narrow the subject to a single, central idea; it should claim something specific and significant about the subject; it should express an idea of your own that you can support with factual evidence; it should be clearly and effectively expressed.