You are a guest lecturer at the ANU School of History and have been invited to present a seminar entitled:
‘Religion as a Tool of Power for Empire’
For your seminar you will be required to compare and contrast the ways in which two empires used religion as a tool of power throughout history. You are required to select one empire from category A and one empire from category B for the task.
Category A Ottoman Empire, Mongol Empire
Category B Spanish Empire, British Empire
You may choose to pre-record your presentation or present “live”. If pre-recording you must be present on screen for at least half your presentation. Voice over alone is not sufficient.
Your 6 - 8 minute presentation should:
1. Provide a brief overview of your chosen empires.
2. Describe the ways in which your chosen empires used religion to maintain control/power over their subjects.
3. Evaluate the positives/negatives for each empire’s approach to religion (if applicable).
4. Provide an opinion explaining which approach you believe to be the most effective at maintaining control/power.
5. Demonstrate engagement with a range of academic sources.
Submission: On the due date your transcript, presentation slides (including in text-references for your sources) and reference list are to be submitted via Turnitin.
Use your National Library membership to access the online collection of eBooks and journal articles.
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Islam Empire of Faith: The Ottomans.
Lost Worlds- Empire of the Mongols. The Empire of Genghis Khan.
Empire- A Taste for Power. Empire tells the remarkable story of the British Empire.
Crash Course World History: The Spanish Empire, Silver, and Runaway inflation.
