Compare And Contrast Roman Empire And Han China

Throughout history, the Han Dynasty and the Roman Empire have both been through periods of great success, but they seem like two totally different civilizations. While this may be true in some cases, the two periods of peace were also very much alike in many ways. During Pax Romana (Roman Peace) and Pax Sinica (Chinese Peace), the Han Dynasty and the Roman Empire strived with a centralized government (both civilizations ruled by an emperor) and a similar economy (the way they traded), but differed in the fact that they had very different religions (Confucianism vs. Polytheism), and technological developments (mainly inventions vs. engineering achievements). The Roman Empire was built with a centralized government, which meant that the civilization relied on one emperor to rule the empire. The Han Dynasty also used a centralized government, they selected new emperors after one was done ruling. Both of these civilizations also shared a similar economy, which was based mainly on agriculture and trade. The Great Silk Road was a huge part of trade for both economies, it allowed the merchants and traders of the dynasty and empire to travel and trade goods with many different countries. During the Pax Sinica however, the Han Dynasty had very different …show more content…
There was written evidence that showed that each civilization was ruled by one Emperor after another, that they both shared the same trade route to pass off and receive goods, and that their economy was based off of the growth and production of crops. These written documents also provided evidence that the religions of each culture were very different and that the engineering of the Roman Empire was the main technological development of the time, while the Han Dynasty had their