Compare And Contrast Qin And Han Dynasties

The preserving of Qin administrative structures is one of the key concepts in the longevity of Han dynasty. In both the Qin and Han dynasties, a similar legal system of a bureaucracy was adopted, where at the center of the state, a centralized government body existed. In effort in unifying the empire, during the Qin Dynasty, land was divided into different administrative provinces governed by nobles and aristocrats. During the Han Dynasty, the emperors continued to expand the notion of a centralized state, where in order to prevent decentralization, the central government ‘appoint(ed) commandery and district governors to administer the newly conquered territories’ . These provincial administration officials were under their control, ‘serving