1. On your group’s paper, create a Venn diagram to compare and contrast
these documents.
Plutarch
Herodotus
Answer the following questions on your group’s sheet of paper.
2. Based on these documents, what are some of the benefits or liabilities
(disadvantages) that empires give to their peoples? Which documents
illustrate benefits, and which illustrate liabilities?
3. Based on these documents, what challenges could present themselves to
the leader of an empire?
4. Draw the following T-chart on your sheet of paper. Using your notes from
this unit of class, list potential benefits and liabilities of empires for their
peoples. (You aren’t limited to the documents for this question.)
Benefits of Empires
Liabilities of Empires