This document outlines the requirements and timeline for a final theme project in a course about pre-modern encounters between civilizations. Students must choose one of the course themes and select a topic within that theme to analyze using one of two approaches: tracing how a topic changes over time across at least three periods, or analyzing how a topic impacted and interacted across two to three societies in the same time period. The final paper should be 3-5 pages and discuss the topic's impact on the modern world. The document provides the project timeline and submission guidelines.