Empire Builders (300 BC - 1 AD) Empires are about power. Power is shown in many different ways. In many respects armies are the easiest way to project power. The real challenge comes in making an impression on the hearts and minds of your subjects and the generations that follow. Between 300 BCE and 1 CE great empires formed around the world. Alexander the Greats conquest of the Persian Empire in 334 BC ushered in an age of megalomaniac rulers and great empires. Although there had been individual empires before, this was the first time superpowers spanned the globe. Alexander became a model for other rulers to emulate or reject. Augustus, the first Roman emperor, imitated Alexander by using his own image to represent imperial power to his subjects. In contrast, the Emperor Ashoka rejected authoritarian rule, promoting his peaceful philosophy through inscriptions on pillars across the Indian subcontinent. Your assignment in this paper is to listen to three podcasts from the British Museum and write a paper which does the following things: Listen to the podcasts. There are transcripts for the podcasts attached to the each podcasts URL. Coin of Alexander Podcast Pillar of Ashoka Podcast Head of Augustus Podast Develop a 4 page paper (no more than 1000 words) in which you analyze the significance of each of these artifacts or objects as instruments of communicating power. Your essay should compare and contrast how each of these objects projected imperial power. Which of the three leaders (Lysimachus, Ashoka, and Augustus) was ultimately the most successful? Finally, identify the way in which a contemporary leader has used an object to convey his/her power. Are there similarities and/or differences in the way in which modern empires project power through artifacts or objects? Coin of Alexander Podcast Pillar of Ashoka Podcast Head of Augustus Podcast

Empire Builders (300 BC - 1 AD) Empires are about power. Power is shown in many different ways. In many respects armies are the easiest way to project power. The real challenge comes in making an impression on the hearts and minds of your subjects and the generations that follow. Between 300 BCE and 1 CE great empires formed around the world. Alexander the Greats conquest of the Persian Empire in 334 BC ushered in an age of megalomaniac rulers and great empires. Although there had been individual empires before, this was the first time superpowers spanned the globe. Alexander became a model for other rulers to emulate or reject. Augustus, the first Roman emperor, imitated Alexander by using his own image to represent imperial power to his subjects. In contrast, the Emperor Ashoka rejected authoritarian rule, promoting his peaceful philosophy through inscriptions on pillars across the Indian subcontinent. Your assignment in this paper is to listen to three podcasts from the British Museum and write a paper which does the following things: Listen to the podcasts. There are transcripts for the podcasts attached to the each podcasts URL. Coin of Alexander Podcast Pillar of Ashoka Podcast Head of Augustus Podast Develop a 4 page paper (no more than 1000 words) in which you analyze the significance of each of these artifacts or objects as instruments of communicating power. Your essay should compare and contrast how each of these objects projected imperial power. Which of the three leaders (Lysimachus, Ashoka, and Augustus) was ultimately the most successful? Finally, identify the way in which a contemporary leader has used an object to convey his/her power. Are there similarities and/or differences in the way in which modern empires project power through artifacts or objects? Coin of Alexander Podcast Pillar of Ashoka Podcast Head of Augustus Podcast

User_10506 added on 10/20/16 at 03:30 PM (PST):

Here are the 3 links

1- http://www.bbc.co.uk/ahistoryoftheworld/objects/uw_cy8iCRxSgI9I-rbVadg
2- http://www.bbc.co.uk/ahistoryoftheworld/objects/acRBNzquSrOA5ZYNmLWA_g
3- http://www.bbc.co.uk/ahistoryoftheworld/objects/z0_uHq1TSnWMEHR_sZDc8g