The Roman and Han empires were both very powerful‚ in their own rights. Although their culture and beliefs were very different‚ their ideology and governments were‚ at points‚ very similar. Both empires experienced a rise‚ plateau‚ and fall‚ which eventually changed their entire empires. One thing that was a key aspect in both societies was religion. While the Han empire brought Confucianism as a main element in daily life‚ the Roman’s had several different religions that each played a key role
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* How did Rajat Gupta‚ who belonged to the highest echelons of corporate America‚ the golden boy of Indian Americans‚ get convicted of insider trading? How did Rajaratnam get tips on companies like Intel? * Rajat Gupta’s impending journey into the federal prison system for criminal insider trading ends a remarkable success story and punctuates his swift fall from grace. * A native of Kolkata‚ Mr. Gupta‚ 63 years old‚ moved at a young age to New Delhi. His father‚ Ashwini‚ a disciple of Mohandas
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As China and its culture developed early on‚ different sets of ideas‚ such as Daoism‚ Confucianism‚ and Legalism‚ had different influences. While the Shang dynasty ruled in China‚ it was believed that the “foundation of the universe” was represented by the yin yang symbol. The yin yang symbol demonstrates a complete balance between a dark and bright symbol‚ which to the Shang rulers was the marriage of Qian‚ referred to as heaven‚ and Kun‚ known as the earth. This symbolism is like day and night
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The Sui‚ Tang‚ and Song dynasties were historical Chinese Empires. The Sui Empire ruled from 581 to 618 A.D after the fall of the Han dynasty (Skaff‚ 2012‚ p5.). The Tang Empire‚ on its part‚ ruled China from 618 to 907 A.D after defeating Emperor Yang‚ the last Sui Empire (Skaff‚ 2012‚ p5). After the fall of the Tang Dynasty‚ the next half century in China experienced the division of the country into several kingdoms. In 960 A.D.‚ the Song dynasty came into power and reunified China. It lasted from
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The Han Dynasty and the Roman Empire were very common in the aspect of their downfall and collapse. Han China had a well-organized bureaucracy based upon Confucian ideas and education. In addition‚ they also had emphasis on family ancestors (patriarchal)‚ reliance on landed gentry‚ and accomplishments in engineering; which includes roads‚ canals‚ and the Great Wall. The Roman Empire contained a well-organized bureaucracy as well which was founded on Roman law and classical learning. They also implied
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Gupta Empire The Gupta Empire (320 CE to about 500 CE). It dominated northern India. People were happy during the Gupta period‚ the "Golden Age" of ancient India. They had religious freedom. They were given free medical care‚ which included simple surgery. Rewards of money were given to writers‚ artists‚ and scholars to encourage them to produce wonderful work‚ and they did. Very few of the common people were educated‚ but the Gupta Empire had many universities. Students came from as far away
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Before the Modern Era‚ most empires were ran through a religion. That is called a theocracy. Today‚ only a few stand like Iran‚ Saudi Arabia‚ and Pakistan. The Islamic Caliphates and the Mauryan/Gupta empires were two main empires before the 1200s. There were a lot of differences and similarities between these two. The Islamic Caliphates were located in the modern day Middle East. The word Islam means submitted to god‚ the religion was started by the prophet Muhammad in the city of Mecca
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Body Paragraphs The time of the Gupta Empire is considered a golden age in that it flourished in countless ways due to its advancements in art and mathematics. In this time period they were able to establish the decimal system of numbers based on ten. This number system is significant to society and it is still used today. Indian mathematicians were also able to create a simple system of writing numbers and developed the concept of zero. These basic advancements helped launch new ideas and allowed
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Han Dynasty and The Western Roman Empire are two of the greatest empires that have ever lived but that all comes to an end when disasters start occurring left and right. However‚ the methods of achieving greatness varied immensely their actions had helped them in the long run but soon failed miserably. Both empires had problems with social in takes. The Han Dynasty had problems with taxations‚ peasants grew angry over the raise of taxes and revolved against china so they used the military to stop
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The Two dynasties that fascinate me the most are the Qin and the Tang Dynasty. These two dynasties separated by almost four hundred years developed themselves so drastically different that if they did not define themselves as Chinese they could be seen as two different empires. The Qin dynasty in particular took advantage of the confusion of the warring states period and using the mandate of heaven declared themselves the rulers of China. The Qin dynasty is extraordinary in what it achieved in such
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