Cross Cultural Comparison: One of the strengths of anthropological research is its reliance on cross-cultural comparisons. Having spent the first half of the semester familiarizing yourselves with the characteristics of ancient and more recent empires you are to choose two of these empires and describe their similarities and differences. Examples include a range of topics from the materiality of empire to the manner in which imperial practices differed along gender, ethnic, or religious lines. I would like to use these two empires, the Roman Empire and the Portuguese Indian empire
