Compare and Contrast: Persian Empire and Imperial Rome

Compare and Contrast Essay: Persian Empire and Imperial Rome Although Persia and Rome have many differences they can also have many similarities in the things that they do in their everyday life. The technology was quite different while the attitude to the population in the empire and the method of governance was quite similar. The technology in the two countries varied quite a bit. For example: On one hand the Persians had built the quanats to move the water closer and to channel the water long distances. On the other had the Romans built aqueducts to move the water closer and to channel the water from the mountains. Even though both traded and had many countries that wanted to trade with them, they had different trade routes that allowed travel and trade. The Persians were only able to trade through land, but the Romans with their advanced technology were able to trade through both the land and the sea with a road called the Royal Road that went from the empire to the Mediterranean Sea to Susa. The attitudes to the population in their empire between the two countries are pretty similar. Both the Persians and the Romans came to the conclusion that instead of making the people become more Persian or Roman, they let the people keep their religions and ethnicities. People were allowed to live in the empire as long as they don’t cause any trouble and paid the taxes. The methods of governance between the two countries were quite similar. Both the empire for Persia and Rome were huge and could not be controlled by a central authority. Since the empire couldn’t be ruled by a single authority they split up the land and had it managed by a governor. Therefore the empires were multicultural, on one hand the Persian and Roman culture influenced the people they ruled, while on the other hand the native cultures that they let the people keep also influenced the Persian and Roman culture in return. If subjected people caused trouble to the empire, then the empire would have to move fast and hard to bring them down. The Persian Empire and Imperial Rome were in different time periods, but they could have similar attitudes to their population and governance, while their technology varied because of the time period. As time went on the technology was getting more and more advanced.