Write a thesis statement based on the following information, It must have at least 2 arguable points: In the period from circa 1200 to 1450, governments responded to a variety of internal and external factors in order to develop administrative institutions and centralize power.
Develop an argument that evaluates the extent to which levels of centralization in China and in European states differed in this period.

Read the excerpt from the odyssey. 'o cyclops! would you feast on my companions? puny, am i, in a caveman's hands? how do you like the beating that we gave you, you cannibal? eater of guests under your roof! zeus and the gods have paid you! ' according to this excerpt, a. odysseus is fearful of the cyclops. b. is prideful and overly confident. c. has been weakened by the cyclops. d. has regrets about staying on the island.