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Differences Between Classical Athens And Han China
During the classical period two early civilizations appeared. Ancient Athens arose with its intelligence and love for the human physique, while Han China arose with its strong beliefs of religion and love of nature. Even though Han China and Ancient Athens both have politically strong governments, they are very different in cultural beliefs and social structure because of how they treat women and how they feel about infanticide of babies. The social structure of Ancient Athens and Han China are different in two major ways. In document B, Ancient Athens is shown to have slaves that are more than a third of the total population. In document C, Han China is shown to have slaves that are less than 7% of the total population. Documents B and C

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