Comparing and Contrasting Rome And Han China
Rome and China where two of the largest empires known to this day. Both empires were astonishing and managed to advance technology and civilization. Both civilizations were rapidly growing and making changes to the world. Rome and China though connected as two of the largest empires societies have contrasting political, economic, and social ideas. Han China and Rome both were monarchies, while China did not have to go threw many wars like Rome,their economies were based on high surpluses with both societies lacking one another's crops, and their societies based on respect but both viewing them differently.
Politics Rome and Han China both made walls to keep the barbarians out. The chinese made “The great wall of China” as we know it and the Romans Built the “Hadrian's wall”. The great wall of china took 5 years to complete tasking people out of there homes and worked by forced labor, the
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One of the differences was that Rome grew crops like wheat and barley and chineses main crop was rice. The Han had a great technology in metal technology (hoes, pick axes,picks) which rome didn't figure out until much later.Rome had a grand amount of people which didn't help them out like the chinese because with less people they produced more food. With higher surpluses they had more specializations which helped produce tools and weapons quickly at higher rates. The silk route started in China and ended in Rome and to trade they had to meet halfway to trade what they had. China's monopoly to trade in the silk route with the romans was Silk. The only people in rome who could afford it was the rich because rome didn't have any silk in rome. They kept the silk as a secret so they could make an abundance of money. While the Romans traded gold, stones and silver which they didn't have an abundance
Han China and Rome, despite having some political and cultural differences, fell in ways that were almost directly parallel to one another. Both civilizations experienced declines in everything from culture and population to economy and government, as well as both suffering from attacks by nomadic invaders. However, each civilization's fall had their own unique factors, and the lasting impact of their falls differed greatly.
The Han Dynasty and Roman Empire existed around the same time period and both lasted around 400 years. They each had large populations (around 50 million), conquered enemies they felt as a threat, wanted to spread their boundaries and had strong militaries. The Han Dynasty, located in China, was built on other dynasties such as the Qin and Zhou. The Great Wall of China was built during
Building the wall was very dangerous. The would hire Han soldiers to work on the wall for two to five years. If people died while building the wall the would be bury them in the wall. The Qin worked on the Great Wall for ten years, they used a lot of laborers. They worked 7 day a week and had little food.
Around 220 CE the Han dynasty that rules China starts many attacks on the northern nomads. The Han have conquered and received new territories. Then repairs and builds about 10,000 kilometers of walls. This is the first time the Chinese are extending far west through the Gobi Desert. The Great Wall then takes on a new role which is protecting the Silk Road trade routes that connect China and the West.
Despite the social hierarchy and acceptance of position of the population in both societies, Han China and Classical Athens had disparities proportionate to their physical sizes. The geographical isolation from each other resulted in the differences in demographics, characteristics of government structures, individual duties and roles in government, and the general view of life.
The Romans power and administration was structured differently from that of the Han emperor. The Romans power was developed through envisaging of
The Han dynasty and the Roman Empire were both powerful empires during their era. However, the ways they obtained their power varied greatly because they used different methods that involved their political structures, which revolved around their centralized governments. The Han dynasty and the Roman Empire acquired very unique techniques that allowed them to control social and political. For example, the Han dynasty adopted a religion known as Confucianism, which monitored everything in the lives of the Chinese. Contrary, the Roman Empire established a monarchy but allowed its residents more freedom as compared to the Han. Nevertheless, the two empires were similar in political structures in that the power was depended on the wealthy that were in authority, the peasants struggled with their lives because of concerning issues such as food supply. The empires were able to create and preserve a peaceful and sustainable lives for a long time, unlike the past empires. Social distribution were under the control of the wealthiest and they could effortlessly impact community viewpoints and interactions among the residents. These two empires existed during the Classical Period had comparable and various social, political, religions, as well as economical values and practices. However, they both possessed differences and similarities in their economic and social perspectives even though the two empires were established around the same era.
The Han Dynasty was established in 221 BCE by the rebel leader of the peasants, Liu Bang. Religion not only played a role in the Han dynasty’s rise, but also in their fall through conversion. On the other side of the spectrum, the Roman Empire between 33 and 300, were also undergoing change through religious beliefs. Similarly, both the Han dynasty and the Roman Empire were built by a spread of religious beliefs. In my opinion, religion is the most significant difference between the Roman Empire and the Han Dynasty China based on its effects on the political rule and nature of political authority during both eras. Religion is the most significant difference because societal practices and power structure of the two eras stem from the different beliefs. The Han Dynasty is built up from the spread of Confucianism. The Roman Empire is built up from the spread of Christianity. The two religion’s
Ancient Egypt and Ancient China often seem like polar opposites in almost every way. However, in one way, they are more similar than most people think. The beliefs of both of these civilizations were remarkably parallel, yet perplexingly different at the same time. Religion before 600 B.C.E. varied from society to society all around the globe, with just a few major religions taking hold in large areas. In both Egyptian and Chinese religions, they adhered to a polytheistic religion. Boths religions believed there were many gods who individually ruled over the many different parts of life, instead of one god ruling over all. Both Egyptian and Chinese cultures believed in life after death. Each one of these religions believed in some form of
...iduals. They invented tools for agriculture changing the way they grew their crops, planted them, and tilled the soil. They saw the vast improvement over modern weapons such as the crossbow, chariot, and implementing the cavalry and infantry to help them rise to victoriously in battles and wars. Economically with paper money they were able to get away from bulky coins and could trade with foreign nations much easier. Creating a writing system along with a printing system proved to dramatically increase the education received throughout the country as scholars could now teach from books written before their time and not stories passed from generation to generation. China was inventing and reinventing itself with each dynasty taking power as they had their own rules, beliefs, and ways of taking charge. China was growing.
First, their geographic locations were different. The two empires were located at the opposite ends of the silk road – the Ottomans in the west, the Chinese in the East. Ming China formed around the Huang He River and the Chang Jiang river, an excellent place for agriculture. Not surprisingly, the Ming Economy base largely on farming. The Ottoman empire, on the other hand, formed around the Mediteranean Sea, where trading was prevalent.
Chin Shi Huang, the originator of the wall and who the great country gets its name after probably wouldn’t of ever expected the wall to be a 4,500 mile long masterpiece that would have turned out to be one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World! The Qin wall was built to keep people out, and to keep people in.
China still uses the Wall today, as well. The vast structure serves as a popular tourist attraction, thus, stimulating Chinese economy. Throughout its lifetime, the masterpiece repelled invaders such as the Mongols from the empire that would soon be most of China. This protection allowed China to undergo some of the most vital advancements, such as standardization of things like currency, which unified to the six very different cities that this nation is comprised of. This great work of mankind is often overlooked and forgotten, unfortunately. Not too many people know of the influence the Great Wall has had on China. Hopefully one day, all across the globe will know of the incredible good that this ancient marvel has done for one of the world’s most prolonged societies.
Both the Han and Roman empires emphasized on territorial expansions. By utilizing their powerful militaries, they consolidated their power within and across borders, which created stable trade networks for their economic bases. Land equated to wealth and power. Through integration of the local domains, both empires succeeded in political stability. For the Han Empire, their expansion abroad pushed through ecological limits under Emperor Wu Di ( 181-87 BCE), who made military service compulsory. The army expanded bordered into northern Vietnam and southeastern China. Although there were military threats from the Xiongnu, the nomadic people of the north, Wu launched defense attacks that made ...
...ther religions since they never really comitted to one main religion. Han China spread Confucianism by leading Confucius lives, they used Confucius ideas for their law codes and taught Confucius ideas to their children. The Confucian ideas spread by the Han helped rulers like Wudi have long reigns of power by embracing rule by morals and ethics. It also helped spread written exams as ways to determine peoples places and jobs in society based off of merit as opposed to putting anyone anywhere just to give people jobs. China also had a growing population of Daoists who believed in the power of nature. As time progressed both of their societies changed their religions. Rome slowly progressed from a basic Hellenistic polytheism to the once persecuted Christianity. Meanwhile China, which was mainly a Confucian and Daoist led society began to accept and embrace Buddhism.