Some scholars have made a distinction between "power," the ability of rulers to coerce their subjects into some required behavior, and "authority," the ability of those rulers to persuade their subjects to obey voluntarily by convincing them that it is proper, right, or natural to do so. What appeals to "power" and "authority" can you find in these documents? How does the balance between them differ among these documents?

How does each of these documents understand the relationship of religion and political life? How do they view the division between the public and private spheres of life?

Some scholars have made a distinction between "power," the ability of a state to coerce its subjects into some required behavior, and "authority," the ability of a state to persuade its subjects to do its bidding voluntarily by convincing them that it is proper, right, or natural to do so. What examples of power and authority can you find in these documents? How were power and authority related? What are the advantages and disadvantages of each, from the viewpoint of ambitious rulers?

In what different ways was spectacle, royal splendor, or public display evident in the documents? How would you define the purpose of such display? How effective do you think spectacle has been in consolidating state authority?

What enduring issues of political life do these documents raise? What elements of political thinking and practice during the classical era differ most sharply from those of the modern world of the last century or two? What are the points of similarity?

How would you describe the range of political thinking and practice expressed in these documents? What, if any, common elements do these writings share? Another approach to such a comparison is to take the ideas of one writer and ask how they might be viewed by several of the others. For example, how might Pericles, Aristides, and Han Fei have responded to Ashoka?

You will notice that none of these civilizations practiced a single philosophy of government. Athens was governed very differently from Sparta, the practices of the Roman Empire differed substantially from those of the Republic, Legalism and Confucianism represented alternative approaches to Chinese political life, and Ashoka's ideas broke sharply with prevailing practice of Indian rulers. How can you account for these internal differences? How might you imagine an internal dialogue between each of these writers and their likely domestic critics?

In Great Britain during the 1800 s political and social reforms changed people's lives for the better.

In an essay, analyze the causes and effects of British reforms during the 1800 s. To provide support for your essay, use specific examples from the chapter and from other research sources if needed.

A statistics textbook chapter contains 60 exercises, 6 of which are essay questions. A student is assigned 10 problems. Define X to be the number of essay questions the student receives.

(a) Use Excel to calculate the entire hypergeometric probability distribution for X.

(b) What is the prob- ability that none of the questions are essay?

(c) That at least one is essay?

(d) That two or more are essay?

(e) Make an Excel graph of the PDF of the hypergeometric distribution and describe its appearance.

The nerve cells in the human nervous system seldom undergo mitosis. Based on this information, explain why complete recovery from injuries to the nervous system may not occur.

What was the hypothesis of the Stanford prison experiment?

Do you think that the classical empires hold "lessons" for the present, or are contemporary circumstances sufficiently unique as to render the distant past irrelevant?

In what ways were Shihuangdi's reign and his funerary arrangements unique, and in what respects did they fit into a larger pattern of other early rulers? Consider him in relationship to Egyptian pharaohs, Persian rulers, Alexander the Great, Augustus, or Ashoka.

Identifica quién puede decir estas oraciones. Puedes usar cada nombre más de una vez. 1. No puedo usar el baño porque siempre están aquí, o bañándose o maquillándose. _____ 2. Quiero arreglarme el pelo porque voy al cine esta noche. _____ 3. Hoy voy a ir a la biblioteca. _____ 4. ¡Necesito arreglarme! _____ 5. Te gusta Juan Carlos. _____ 6. ¿Por qué quieres afeitarte cuando estamos en el baño? _____