Write a 750-1,000 word essay which adequately address the topic and requirements stated below.
Step 1: Select a topic from the list below and include this topic on your title page.
Ancient Male Rulers: Select any two (2) of these rulers: Ramses II, Shihuangdi, Constantine, Ashoka, Pericles, or Charlemagne. Select rulers from different cultures.
Ancient Female Rulers: Compare the Tang Empress Wu Zetian (also known as Empress Wu or as Wu Zhao; ruled China around 690-705 AD) with either the Pharaoh Cleopatra (ruled Egypt around 51-31 BC) or the Pharaoh Hatshepsut (ruled Egypt around 1478-1458 BC).
Step 2: In your first paragraph, establish a clear thesis about your chosen subjects that addresses:
Who or what you are comparing
The dates covered for each
3-4 sentences on the reason for your choice
Step 3: Using reasonable and scholarly resources:
Compare 2 ways your choices are similar
Compare 2 ways your choices are different
Step 4: Consider your findings on the similarities and differences mentioned earlier and what it might suggest about differences between the subjects’ cultures. Using reasonable and scholarly resources:
Compare 3 ways your choices’ cultures are different
Step 5: Using reasonable and scholarly resources:
