Rome’s location contributed to its success in unifying Italy and all the lands bordering the Mediterranean Sea. Agriculture was essential to Rome and was the source of most wealth. Social status‚ political privilege‚ and fundamental values were related to land ownership. The heads of families who were able to acquire a large profit of land were members of the Senate—“Council of Elders” that played a central role in Roman politics. The Republic was not a democracy in the modern sense. In Rome‚ the
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proclaimed himself Qin Shihuangdi (The first emperor of the Qin dynasty). In order to reinforce his ruling power‚ Qin Shihuangdi linked the sections of walls built by previous kings‚ as known as “the Great Wall” to against a northern powerful tribe‚ Xiongnu. On the other hand‚ rigid standardization of the written language‚ of weights and measures‚ and of the wagon axle was enforced. Qin Shihuangdi burned copies of classical texts‚ and punished anyone found reading or even discussing those books by death
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Asian art Asian art can refer to art amongst many cultures in Asia. Azerbaijani art Folk arts in Azerbaijan have a long and interesting history. Works of art made from metal extracted from Nakhichevan‚ Migachevir‚ Gadanay‚ Gandja and other places are approximately 5000 years old. Crockery‚ weapons and adornments found here are not historical facts alone‚ but valuable sources which testify the skills of the master. Different pictures‚ scraped on housing implements made from copper‚ bronze‚ gold
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Legalism made the government sort of corrupted. Legalists burned down books and executed those who oppose them. This caused people to be angry with them. Nomads like the Xiongnu constantly attacked China making Qin Shihuangdi to start the great wall. Qin centralized laws‚ currencies‚ weight and measures‚ and sing language scripts. Xunzi took the virtues of Confucian and went into work with the government. There is the
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such a strong worriers they were able to seize the wealth of settled societies they then were able to build imperial states in the regions surrounding central Asia. How were they viewed differently? * A first century BCE description of the Xiongnu‚ the archetypal nomadic peoples of the Chinese world. * A late fourth century Roman view of the Huns. * One of the barbarian groups that invaded the Roman Empire. * description of the steppe nomads by the tenth-century Byzantine emperor
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familiar with the ideas of Islam. Islam itself had the ability and great influence to expand an empire. Mongol Khanates conquered civilizations and made those with skill useful to the Mongol authorities. The Mongols were influenced by Xiongnu and Turkic statebuilding which gave them ideas to improve and expand their empire. The
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Compare and Contrast the Fall of the Han Dynasty with the Fall of the Roman Empire. During the late Classical Period (200-600 C.E.)‚ all the great empires collapsed. The collapse of the empires did not happen abruptly but was a process. The fall of the Han dynasty and the Roman Empire showed similar characteristics. Both empires simply got too big‚ too overextended‚ and when weakened were overrun by barbarian tribes. However‚ there are profound differences as well. The Roman Empire proofed too expansive
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Han China (206 B.C.E. – 220 C.E.) and Imperial Rome (31 B.C.E. – 476 C.E.) have some similarities and differences such as in foundation‚ governmental control‚ and collapse. These factors either helped their empire or weakened them influencing their fall. Imperial Rome and Han China had some similarities and differences in their foundation. In the eight century B.C.E.‚ Rome began as a small city-state on the western side of Italy. Originally they were a monarchy but in 509 B.C.E. they knocked off
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censorship‚standardized weights&measures 30.Qin Shi Huangdi-first emperor of Qin‚ rose to throne at age 13 in 246 BCE‚ Li Su is advisor 31.Xianyang-the capital where aristocratic clans were forced to live‚ so court could monitor *32.Sima Qian- 33.Xiongnu-northern nomads who posed the threat of invading(possibly related to Huns) 34.Great Wall-a costly project to keep invaders out from the North‚ slowed but not stopped 35.Han Dynasty-(202 BCE-221 CE)founded by Liu Bang‚ dictorial gov’t and civil service
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(140-87 B.C.) it spanned approximately 3700 miles (6‚000 kilometers) between Dunhuang in the west to Bohai Sea in the east. The danger of incursion along northern Chinese border by the federated tribes of Mongols‚ Turks and Tunguz of the Empire of the Xiongnu‚ the first empire of the steppes‚ made a defense policy more necessary than ever. Alternating military actions with intensive diplomatic efforts‚ this policy entailed massive relocation of
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