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Compare And Contrast Han China And Imperial Rome

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During the Classical era, civilizations around the world had to develop and perfect their own methods of governing their empires. Two of the largest empires at the time were Han China as well as the Imperial Roman Empire.As they created their own ways of running a kingdom, they began to create ideas that were comparable, but also had ideas that were contradictry.Both of these kingdons were focased on expansion of their boarders and their culture. These empires had an agricultural base that was the building blocks for their power. They both made an effort to support the public with roads and infrastructure, that helped connect people to others within the empires as well as outside the empire. As they developed they began to form relationships

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