Describe the role that belief in the Last Judgment played in inducing massive conversion to Christianity, as described in Rise of the Church.

1. Watch the Western Tradition series titled The Rise of Rome and The Roman Empire. (These and all videos will be shown at the July 6 class).2. Watch the Western Tradition series titled Early Christianity and Rise of the Church3. Watch Dante The Divine Comedy4. Read the relevant parts of the book, especially from Ch. 2 on Judaism (pp. 48-56 on the Hebrews only), Chs. 5 and 6 for Greece, Ch. 6 for Rome, and Chs. 8 and 9 for the early Medieval period. Focus on those aspects raised by the Western Tradition lectures and Dante’s Divine Comedy.Please answer the following questions1. Discuss the similarities and contrasts between Stoic philosophy as expressed by the Hellenistic Greeks, Roman philosophy, and the philosophies and theology behind the teachings of Judeo-Christianity, including the Hebrews and the teachings of Christ, but also St. Paul’s “Epistles to the Church of Rome,” and St. Augustine’s City of God against the Pagans. 2. Relying on “The Background to Christianity” on p 178 of the text and Early Christianity, describe the Greco-Roman and the Near Eastern backgrounds of Christianity. (15 points)3. Compare Roman law with canon law of the emerging churches 4.Compare Greek and Roman architecture with those of the Christians and the Byzantines (15 points).5. During the decline of Rome, Christianity was already anticipating The Last Judgment. St. Paul had much to do with the spread of this ideology whose effect was widespread conversion. Basing this answer on the excerpt from pp. 278-286 of Dante’s Divine Comedy and the video Dante’s Divine Comedy [update: this video was not shown; however, the material from the text as indicated will be sufficient] , please describe the role that belief in the Last Judgment played in inducing massive conversion to Christianity, as described in Rise of the Church. 6.Alternative to (e), part of the appeal of Christianity was that life was nasty, brutish, and short in the Dark Ages. The Germanic tribes were loyal to the chiefs, but not beyond that—and so opportunistic plunder was a way of life. The knights in shining armor were not exactly shining in their behavior, either. Describe the Early Medieval era based on the video The Dark Ages and how it set the tone of the Medieval period as a whole, including feudalism (as will be shown in The Feudal Order. (40 points. Do either 5e OR 5f, but not both.) https://youtu.be/B_7OBjIA_Dkhttps://youtu.be/7QXmPKJKVOYhttps://youtu.be/kGxdCDOu5xshttps://youtu.be/mEMGUN5oJsI**I’VE ATTACHED A SAMPLE PAPER TO FOLLOW THE SAME FORMAT, THANK YOU**