Compare And Contrast Han China And Rome

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The Roman Empire and Han Dynasty allowed ecological creation to impact, their society economically. But, with human resources it allowed both empires to consolidate their power with limits; rather than expanding their empires. The Roman and Han Dynasty showed their power of quality in building a empire. In three hundred and fifty BCE, Rome was one of several city states on the Italian peninsula with no imperial ancestors. Not like, the Han Dynasty were the first ruler of the Qin established the title of emperor. But, with Rome entering into a civilization with the migration of people,military and political innovations were on the rise. Only certain, emperors were accorded to be divine honors and always after death. ( IN TEXT CITATION ) *** …show more content…

Armies began growing impacting the control over the Italian peninsula; launching three wars against Carthage. For example, the Punic wars were taken place to dominate the western Mediterranean. But, by the early second century BCE, Rome had control over the Mediterranean coastline. Transforming in the wave of production from agricultural being manufactured to mine goods. Roman’s build roads to creating towns but, was placed to control the flow of commerce. Trade was always considered a second rate occupation compared to landholding. For example, With the exchange of coinage was able to create a trade between supply and demand. Agriculture grew from the large estate latifundia, crops for urban markets required slave laborers. ( IN TEXT CITATION 1 ) In contrast to, in the Han Dynasty agriculture was the fundamental occupation. With trade being, officially disparaged and the Han government having monopolies on key …show more content…

King Zheng of Qin claimed the mandate of heaven and controlled center state more than the Zhou dynasty. Zheng took the title Shi Huangdi as the first August Emperor. Dividing China into thirty-six provinces then, counties. Each county had a civilian and military governor, answering to an inspector general. And, regional and local officials answered to the emperor. Civilian governors rotated from their position to not allow independent power to over grow. But, the Qin dynasty fell quickly in 207 BCE from, a civil war erupting. Allowing, Liu Bang, declaring himself the prince of his home region in Han, in 202 BCE declared himself the first Han emperor. Han Empire was distinguished between the imperial family and the new elite. Economic, social support, strong military and bureaucratic administration contributed to the strength of the Han Empire. For example, Liu Bang provided land grants to his military supporters and relatives who had helped to overthrow the Qin dynasty. ( IN TEXT CITATION 2) With, both empires developing similar aspects of a bureaucracy ensuring power. Both, differ because the Han dynasty developed its bureaucracy from the confucian ideas and education. While, the Roman empire was founded on Roman law. Confucianism as a state of orthodoxy, it shared a similar interest between the government and local elites. Unlike, the Roman elite dominating society with

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