1. Choose ONE specific characteristic or approach from EACH of the following empires that you would adopt for your own empire:
• The Neo-Assyrians
• The Persians
• The Greek City-States or the Hellenistic Civilization
• The Romans (either the Republic or the principate).
o These characteristics and approaches can concern how these civilizations conquered people, how they organized their government, their communication system, their religious practices, their architecture and art, their laws, etc.
o You will need a total of 4 characteristics or approaches, one from each of the empires listed above.
2. Fully describe each of the 4 characteristics and/or approaches.
3. Fully explain why you would personally use each of these 4 characteristics/approaches in your own empire. In your opinion, what makes them effective?
• Make sure you fully explain this part. One sentence is rarely enough of an explanation to earn full credit.