Comparative Essay
Assignment 1: Project Paper – Comparative Essay
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 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:
Suggest a modern day example of your first choice, and provide a rationale for your suggestion
Suggest a modern day example of your second choice, and provide a rationale for your suggestion
For Male rulers….Which President of f U.S, which Governor, Senator, Mayor reminds you of each person you have chosen… your dad or granddad, uncle, brother, etc
For Female Rulers….Which First lady, Lady Governor, Lady Senator, Lady Mayor reminds you of your choices.. Grandmother, Mother, Aunt, etc
Step 6: In a concluding paragraph, summarize 2 things you learned that in some way ties together with your original thesis.
Step 7: Include a reference area that identifies at least 3 references. The class text may be included in the list of 3 or more. In-text citations are required when paraphrasing or quoting another source. (i.e., STEPS 3, 4, and 5 above)
Step 8: Formatting and writing standards are part of your grade. Align your formatting to the Strayer University Writing Standards. View the: Strayer University Writing Standards (SWS)
Solution Preview
In this particular paper, I will be considering Wu Zetian who was the Tang Empress. She was a Chinese Emperor who ruled China (Pines, 2012). She is identified by many names like Wu Hou, Tian Hou, Wu Zhao or as the English call her, Empress Consort Wu. I will compare empress Wu Zetian with the Pharaoh Cleopatra who happened to be the last ruler of Egypt when it was a Ptolemaic kingdom before the son survived her. The reign of Wu Zetian was in 690AD to 705AD. As for the Pharaoh Cleopatra, she ruled Egypt in the period between 51-31 BC (Hamer, 1993).
(1,150 words)