Power, Control, and Hierarchies in Early Empires

For this assignment, you will read and SCUBA Links to an external site. three total articles from the list below. Then, you will answer the questions in this assignment window.

• First Article: Authority and Control in Ancient Empires. Links to an external site. This article is mandatory for EVERYONE to read.
• Once you have finished the article above, choose two articles from the following list to read and SCUBA.
  • The Persian Empire Links to an external site.
  • The Macedonian (Greece) Empire Links to an external site.
  • The Ptolemaic (Egypt) Empire Links to an external site.
  • Akkadian and Assyrian (The Fertile Crescent) Empires Links to an external site.
  • The Mauryan and Gupta Empires (India) Links to an external site.
  • Zhou and Qin Empires (China) Links to an external site.
  • Mayan and Aztec Empires (Mesoamerica) Links to an external site.

• Once you have read your chosen articles, please answer the following questions using text evidence to support your answers:
  1. Which empires did you read about?
  2. Overall, how did ancient empires exert control over their populations?
  3. What were the similarities and differences in how the empires you read about exerted their power and control specifically?
  4. How did that shape the social hierarchies in those empires?
  5. How did women fit into the hierarchical structures of the empires you focussed on?
  6. How does the framework for control and hierarchy in ancient empires compare to societal structures for control and hierarchy in the world today?