Compare And Contrast Han China And Roman Empires

Compare and contrast the Roman Empire from The Han Dynasty of China
In history, there existed strong empires that were very powerful and lasted for many centuries. These empires were able to conquer, defeat and rule over many other empires. They had strong and organized armies that could not be taken down which ensured their long survival in such an era in the world where only the strongest survived. Their stability on the other hand brought about advanced in discoveries and many areas such as education, architecture, medicine and even culture. These achievements made a great impact to the whole world up to date and therefore a great legacy was left behind.
Amongst such great ancient empires included the Roman Empire and the Han Dynasty in China.
It served for a very long time as the role model to all the subsequent Dynasties for unity and prosperity. There are other great achievements including the invention of wheelbarrows and pulleys which eased the movement of goods and are still great invention up to this day. It was during this period that the process of manufacturing sheets of paper from tree trunks was invented. However the [papers were not used for writting but for rapping fish. Its however still an important achievement that was made. It was the work of diplomatic missions sent from the Han Dynasty to various rulers in central Asia that led to the open of the Mediterranean route that later saw civilization and the globalization of the entire world.
The fall of the Roman Empire, as explained the Historian Gibbon, was due to laxity on its citizens and soldiers to defend its empire in times of war. This is also attributed to Christianity which Gibbon believes weakened the faith of the citizens to their ruling emperors in believe of a better life after death. Citizens believed and worked for barbarians who later brought the fall of the great Roman