The Chinese and Romans where similar in many ways. During the Qin dynasty they created a class of free peasantry (farmers) who were given their own land in return for taxes and military service to the state. (K. Reilly p.203). The same trade off can be said in regards to the Romans. They to, created a class of military personnel “Plebeians” a form of second class people due to the invasion by the Gauls. This led the Romans in desperate need to create a stronger army. The decision was made, to make the Plebeians full citizens and to allow them to own land pay taxes even given the ability to have a say on Roman policies.
The Chinese empire was similar to the Roman Empire. They both felt the need to invade other countries in order to grow as
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.
The Roman Empire and Han Dynasty were similar because of the use of the Silk Road as a trading route and both grew and developed because of mandatory military service but were different because the Roman Empire declined because of the expansion of its borders while the Han dynasty declined because of enemy military pressure and because of the wealth and power of its aristocracy. Both the Roman Empire and the Han Dynasty used the Silk Road for trade. Chinese merchants returned from trading expeditions to report that Chinese silk was being purchased and traded all along a trading route named the Silk Road. This long route stretched from East Asia all the way to Italy in central Europe.
The Han dynasty had a strong belief that if technology was widely available, it would benefit the entire Chinese empire. They felt responsible to make it available for the workers and laborers that lived in China. On the other hand, Roman philosophy and administration considered laborers to be low-class, and not deserving of the help of intellectuals in government. The first group of documents were all from Han Dynasty
Men farmed their own or nobles land. There were three classes. On the top was the emperor who was supported by the military. 1st was the nobles who were military and government authority. Next were artisans then commoners.
Women are Jewels. They should be loved and protected. They are the mothers, the ones who give us life. They should be treated as equals, and that is not achieved through enslaving them. It is achieved through seeing them as another person, through seeing them as a whole person and not just as a lower gender.
Now come the Han dynasty’s social structure. They also consist of four groups, however, the positions are changed. The upper class was filled with the emperor, the military, his court, and scholars who are represented as the government. Next are the largest of them all, the peasants. They were tenant farmers who were used for military services and abused by nobles such as the aristocrats.
The Huns were encouraged by a realization of the civilizations weakening. Another similarity emerged with taxation issues. In China, the already heavily taxed free peasants were burdened with new taxes and many lost their farms and became day laborers on large estates, making the upper class even wealthier. While in Rome, tax collection became difficult
China, up until the Qin Dynasty, consisted of independent states controlled by kings fighting each other for land and power. This time period was called The Era of Warring States, which lasted two hundred years. After this time, the Qin Dynasty rose to power. They conquered all other dynasties, and established a centralized government, unifying China for the first time. The dynasty that succeeded the Qin, the Han, continued the centralized government and they started a westward expansion that would encourage trade and cultural diffusion.
During the period between 1450 and 1750, European traders started to get more involved in Chinas and Japan's politics. One similarity between China and Japan in their relations with European traders is that in both countries european traders were welcomed at first, however the relationship soon turned sour. In China, the Qing dynasty sold limited trading privileges to European powers but confined them only to Guangzhou. The British was not satisfied with this arrangement, so they asked for more trading rights. As a result, In a letter to King George III Emperor Qianlong states that the chinese had no need for British products.
Political integration between both empires had both similarities and differences, most notably being different with the ways they chose those to rule. In Imperial Rome, bureaucracy relied on local elites (landholders) and the middle-class citizens to control provinces. Imperial Rome was far less complex, compared to the bureaucracy of Han China. Many official positions within the government were bought or became hereditary through family wealth as opposed to earned by merit, due to this fact, the Roman bureaucracy often suffered from poor governance. One of the reasons the empire was so unified even
During the era of classical societies, the Han and Roman empires were two vast cosmopolitan societies which dominated regions all throughout Eurasia. In regards to the fall of the Han and Roman empires, both were similar in that they fell victim to internal government decay, but different in that Rome fell to foreign invasions, while Han suffered from rebellions of their own people. The Han and Roman empires were similar in their fall in that they both suffered from internal decay, specifically of their governments. In the Han empire, land distribution problems that were originally sought to be fixed by the “Socialist emperor” Wang Mang allowed large landowners to become even more influential than they previously were.
Islam is a religion that controls their follower's daily lives. It quickly spread throughout many large and small civilizations all throughout the world. Two civilizations that Islam affected were the Byzantine Empire and China. The Byzantine empire was the section of Rome that remained after the fall of Rome and was a very successful civilization in its time. During the rise of Christianity, the Byzantine empire became a Christian-based civilization and used the church to solve its political and economic problems that sprang up after the fall of Rome.
The Han Dynasty in China and the Roman Empire shared many similarities and differences when it came to political rule and the nature of their political authority. The most significant difference between the two is how the Han dynasty enacted policies that were shaped to counter the wrongdoings of the previous Qin dynasty, whereas the Roman Empire enacted policies shaped to create and promote peace and stability. The difference in the two empire’s coming to power was to account for their variance in political rule. After the Qin dynasty, the Han ruled China for four centuries, enacting numerous political changes and governing one of the most efficacious dynasties in Chinese history.
Ming China and Mughal India were two great empires in the period of the 1600s. Both had cultural and technological advancements. And both were very different,yet both declined due to their political vulnerability which left them completely open to invasions by other countries. Their Government and society was very different. In both empires women were treated inferior.
One great invention that the Chinese invented was paper, which means they were the very first one to ever use paper. According to China Travel Guide, “In 105 A.D. Cai Lun, a eunuch during the Eastern Han Dynasty, invented paper from worn fishnet, bark and cloth.” The Eastern Han Dynasty occurred during the period of 25 AD – 220 AD. Cai Lun, had used these materials to create paper, because it was actually the cheapest material that he could find during those times. The invention of paper was also a really prosperous innovation, it actually made a changed the world, and up to this date it keeps being a societal force (Paper Discovery Center).