While European Rome and Asian Han Dynasty China were unique civilizations in their own ways, they did happen to share a lot of qualities between each other. A couple of the similarities were their monarchy-run governments - both placed a single person (an emperor) in charge of the respective empire, both of them had were originally made up of many different kingdoms in their countries with one ending up controlling the rest, they both used lots of agriculture in their economies, and both Rome and Han China gradually deteriorated after long rules.…
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 the monarchy and made themselves republic. In their republic system, the wealthy class, known as patricians, dominated. The lower class was called plebeians. The Romans had laws that protected the lower class form abuse. The Romans took great pride in their system, believing it gave them more freedom. With this political system, the Romans launched their empire, a process that took more than 500 years. The Chinese were not building a new empire yet they were restoring the old. The Chinese empire started as early as 2200 B.C.E. By 5oo B.C.E. the Chinese state was in shambles which they considered as the warring states, which were seven kingdoms within the Chinese government fighting against each other. China finally reunified in 221 B.C.E. Han China and Imperial Rome are similar because they both flourished at about the same time (200 B.C.E. – 200 C.E.), conquered about the same amount of land (about 1.5 million square miles), and had about the same population (50 to 60 million). The reason for the similarities and differences in the foundation in both of the empires was because Rome was a new empire while the Han dynasty was just restoring the old but they were still the dame due to their similarity in the time era both empires flourished, they occupied a similar area, and they contained a similar population.…
The king controlled the armies, which in protecting the kingdom came runner up to the protective geography of China.…
One major similarity between the administration policies of Han China and Imperial Rome was that both empires had very centralized governments. In China, the emperor had all the power. While there were smaller units of government, the emperor controlled everything within the empire. Han China’s government structure was modeled after its precursor, the Qin dynasty. The Han elaborated on the original structure, perfecting it. In Rome, the emperor was also the most powerful; however the Roman people had an illusion of power not seen in Han China. Although the emperor held the…
Imperial Rome and Han China are both well recognized empires, known as strong and fairly successful. Although the empires had some differences they also had similarities in their methods of political control. Similarities between these empires include the belief that leaders had connections to God, religious tolerance, and public works provided to citizens. Along with the similarities in political control the differences include Rome having a democracy while China had a centralized bureaucracy, Rome had lesser domestic repercussions while China had harsh punishments, and Rome offered assimilation to become a citizen while China did not need to offer assimilation because it conquered states that were already chinese.…
This paper will compare similarities and the differences of the Roman and Han Dynasty empires. It will compare their creation, maintenance, culture, and decline.…
Imperial Rome’s political method is centered around polytheism. Han China’s political method is centered around Confucianism during the beginning of the dynasty, and then around Daoism after political changes were made. . Confucianism is defined as more of a philosophy than a religion. Confucius taught philosophical and ethical ideas, that shaped the traditional Chinese culture. Han China, after change in authority, transformed from Confucianism to Daoism. Imperial Rome was centered around polytheism, the worship of many Gods. It is very different than Daoism. Daoism is based upon philosophy and nature, but polytheism is based upon gods. Han China and Imperial Rome express different political methods of control through religion. Imperial Rome and Han China had different ways in which their leaders were chosen. In Han China, rule was gained through ancestors into a centralized bureaucratic authority. In Imperial Rome authority began through certain elements of democracy, not through ancestral…
Two of the great civilizations, Han China (206 BCE - 220 CE) and Mauryan/Gupta India (315 BCE - 550 CE) were the economic giants of their time. The economic production of both dynasties originally began with extensive agriculture and eventually developed extensive trade systems. However, Mauryan/ Gupta India emphasized trade and its economic importance while China, due to religious conflictions, allowed trade to occur, but never permitted it to become a main focus of their economy.…
1. The Han Dynasty used Confucianism as a way to expand their empire; they spread it through trade and order.…
The Han dynasty was the most influential dynasty in Chinese history and led to china becoming a country as we know it today. They extended Chinese rule from southern Mongolia to northern Vietnam and as far west as Nepal. One of the main reason for the prosperity and solidity of the Han dynasty was the relationship between the imperial family and the elite. Each group supported each other economically as well as socially, leading to a stable and prosperous empire.…
China during the Qin and Han dynasties and the Mediterranean during the Roman Empire were similar socially and politically because they both had patriarchy, hierarchy, and a centralized government. One aspect that differed was artistically. China focused on visuals such as pictures. While Rome dealt with more three-dimensional ideas such as sculpture and architecture.…
The early Han Dynasty was ruled by Liu Bang. The Han also saw extreme cultural developments with confucianism which was compressed which had been minimized by Qin Dynasty. The Han Dynasty had a centralized government which was highly liked and ruled with dignity for about 400 years, ruling less than the Qin Dynasty. Than Han Dynasty was truly for the people doing everything as a government to see their people prosper giving tax breaks, hosting events and also exceeding research of human care. Early Han rulers expanded their empire almost to the size of modern China. Chinese society had an exceptional foundation. The emperor was at the top and a large body of officials reached down to the village. Han government replaced emphasis on legalism with confucianism created the civil service system. The qualifications required scholars to take an exam to serve as government officials under the empire, based on confusion leader, who should be chosen based on their ability. Under Han rule, Chinese developed their first golden age, the Pax Sinica. Other achievements were advancing the production of paper, chinese became very wealthy through trade, developed a monopoly on the production of slope. A golden age where there is peace and prosperity meaning wealth. During golden ages, civilizations developed achievements and discoveries. During this period, Chinese invented many inventions. Chinese also improved farming by creating a new tubulated plow. This change is important because the number of Chinese people have grown greatly. The Han emperors told their people farming is important work.The Han people were very aggressive and usually having full control over the mining of salt and the making of…
The Han dynasty followed after only 12 years, and was the first dynasty to embrace the philosophy of Confucianism, which became the ideological underpinning of all regimes until the end of imperial China. Under the Han Dynasty, China made great advances in many areas of the arts and sciences. Emperor Wu consolidated and extended the Chinese empire by pushing back the Xiongnu, enabling the first opening of trading connections between China and the West, along the Silk Road.…
The most important thing for a country such as China is that it should know how to keep its country thriving as well as prospering the people. China during the Han dynasty has rich natural resources, and that it also have a lot of citizens to care for.…
Han dynasty saw a lot of positive and negative things about Qin dynasty. Some of the positive things about Qin dynasty is that the bureacracy was being domoinated by noble families again. The Qin was selected purely based on merits. But what was going on in Qin dynasty was not the same in Han dynasty. Even though in this situation Han dynasty attempted to reform the situation that remained unchanged with the exception of some troubles, until the Tang Dynasty. One of the main serious changes in Han dynasty was the designation of Confucism at the primary state philosophy. Due to the political problems the Han emperors felt…