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Compare And Contrast Han China And Rome

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Comparing the Han Dynasty and Roman Empire

The Han Dynasty and Roman Empire in the Classical Period were similar in their downfall and advances, but differed politically.
The Roman Empire gradually fell for many different reasons. In the same way, the downfall of the Han Dynasty was caused by a multitude of factors, many of these being the same as the Roman’s. Just as the Roman Empire was hurt by the number of nomadic invasions, so was the Han. The Romans suffered a number of Germanic invasions. Likewise, the Han underwent a collection of attacks from the Huns. One reason that both the Roman and the Han had invasions was because of the fact that they gave many outsiders an opportunity to invade when they hired mercenaries due to their lack

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