world culture areas include europe H u m a n i t i e s

Include speaker/slide notes… Must
be a powerpoint presentation

This presentation project has to use
at least five academic resources,one must be a primary resource and cover
history from prehistory to c. 1500 CE (NOTHING LATER), covering any one of the
topics 

Byzantine Empire, the Abbasid and
Umayyad Islamic Caliphates, the Ethiopian Kingdom of Aksum, the Carolingian
Empire, and Song and Tang Dynasty China.  The project includes analyze how
two different empires developed in two world culture areas in the premodern
world (between the Bronze Age to 1600 CE). These world culture areas include
Europe, the Near East (also called the Middle East), India, Africa, the
Americas, and Asia. 

• Create a 10- to 12-slide PowerPoint presentation,approx
  1200 words excluding the title and references slides. You must also
  include an audio voice-over transcript or slide notes.

Directions: Choose two empires
discussed in the course, and analyze three strategies that each of the two
empires attempted to pursue in order to create, expand, maintain, or defend
their rule. As part of your analysis, explain the consequences of these
efforts, and provide specific examples drawn from the scholarly sources you are
using to support your assertions and/or claims. 

Refer to the See attached help sheet for what is expected  and
guidance in completing the Project.

Your project must meet the following research criteria:

• Must include at least five scholarly sources to support
  the argument.
• A minimum of three sources must be from the Ashford
  University Library.
• One of the five sources must be a primary source.
• In addition to the five scholarly sources, you are
  encouraged to utilize images that enhance a presentation and contribute to
  it; however, remember that images are not a substitute for the content
  that must be presented in the slide notes or transcript. 
• Must include in-text citations to required sources,
  whether a) within the written assignment or b) within the presentation
  slides, transcript, or slide notes.
• Must include full references for all sources, whether
  on a references page for the written assignment, or on a references slide
  for a presentation and must be formatted according to APA style.

The project must exhibit the
following communication skills:

• Accurate and appropriate syntax and mechanics.
• Clear expression, organization, and development of
  ideas.

The  project must include the
following style criteria:

• A title page or title slide including:
• Title of project
• Student’s name
• Course name and number
• Instructor’s name
• Date submitted
• All text passages, whether in a written assignment or
  in presentation slide notes or transcript, must be formatted according to
  APA style 
• Cite all sources in APA style 
• Include a separate references page or slide formatted
  according to APA style 
• Include an introduction that establishes the scope of
  the project by identifying the chosen empires and by providing a clear
  thesis statement.
• Include a conclusion that summarizes the research,
  content, direction, and purpose of the project.