Emperor Shi Huangdi Research Paper
Name: Cherry Chu
“Emperor Shi Huangdi or Emperor Hadrian:
Who kept control of their Empire most effectively?”
Shi Huangdi, China’s first Emperor, and Emperor Hadrian, perhaps the Roman’s greatest Emperor, both tried to control their empires they succeeded. They used various methods such as building roads for ease of travelling, training a strong army with clever military tactics, building frontiers to keep out invaders, dividing their country into different states and introducing government systems with officials to look after the state. Each head of official of the state would report back to the central government under the emperor and many other ways. Above all, Emperor Shi Huangdi was the most effective in controlling his empire …show more content…
Hadrian changed the law so that a bankrupt would be flogged in the amphitheater and then released. He made the baths separate for men and women. He restored many building, including the pantheon, and moved Nero 's colossus. Hadrian created the post of treasury counsel and when he traveled to other cities, he implemented public works projects. He also granted Latin rights to many communities and took away their obligation to pay tribute. On the other hands, Shi Huangdi standardized the Chinese units of measure such as weights, measurements, and currency. The currency of different states was also standardized to Ban liang coin. Further, the Chinese script was unified and the seal script of the state of Qin was standardized. This seal script was thus made as the single official language for all of China. Shi Huangdi also eliminated hundreds of schools of thought, including Confucian ideologies. As a result, he created legalism as the universal ideology in China. Shi Huangdi made a lot of different changes to improve the lives of people in his empire and went even further than Emperor Hadrian, I think he had managed the country more effectively with a wide range of different reforms and
“Emperor Shi Huangdi or Emperor Hadrian:
Who kept control of their Empire most effectively?”
Shi Huangdi, China’s first Emperor, and Emperor Hadrian, perhaps the Roman’s greatest Emperor, both tried to control their empires they succeeded. They used various methods such as building roads for ease of travelling, training a strong army with clever military tactics, building frontiers to keep out invaders, dividing their country into different states and introducing government systems with officials to look after the state. Each head of official of the state would report back to the central government under the emperor and many other ways. Above all, Emperor Shi Huangdi was the most effective in controlling his empire …show more content…
Hadrian changed the law so that a bankrupt would be flogged in the amphitheater and then released. He made the baths separate for men and women. He restored many building, including the pantheon, and moved Nero 's colossus. Hadrian created the post of treasury counsel and when he traveled to other cities, he implemented public works projects. He also granted Latin rights to many communities and took away their obligation to pay tribute. On the other hands, Shi Huangdi standardized the Chinese units of measure such as weights, measurements, and currency. The currency of different states was also standardized to Ban liang coin. Further, the Chinese script was unified and the seal script of the state of Qin was standardized. This seal script was thus made as the single official language for all of China. Shi Huangdi also eliminated hundreds of schools of thought, including Confucian ideologies. As a result, he created legalism as the universal ideology in China. Shi Huangdi made a lot of different changes to improve the lives of people in his empire and went even further than Emperor Hadrian, I think he had managed the country more effectively with a wide range of different reforms and