Compare And Contrast The Rise Of Rome And Han Empires

An empire is a major political unit having a territory of great extent or a number of territories or peoples under a single sovereign authority. Two very famous classical empires were the Roman in the Mediterranean from 27BCE to 476CE and the Han in East Asia from 206BCE to 220CE. Both of these empires utilize the policies and practices of previous political governments to help ensure their success. Overall, the empires showed more political, economic, and social factors for their rise and fall than points of difference. There were multiple similar factors that led to the social rise of the Roman and Han Empires. In the Roman Empire, there were the patron/client relationships which helped social welfare and brought loyalty to the upper classes from the lower ones. This relationship was similar to the Han Empire’s Confucianism which stressed order and hierarchy which strengthened the stability and loyalty to the government and the right and responsibilities of individuals. Another similar
One reason that that these empires fell was because the Roman Empire’s trade kept being disrupted by the barbarians as well as the Hans were being interrupted by the Xiongnu nomads. Also in Rome there was a decline in the interest of trade in younger citizens because their parents gave them whatever they needed so the younger citizens didn’t want to work for anything. There was also an inflation of prices on products in both of these empires and families couldn’t afford many things. If citizens couldn’t pay for the necessities then they went to black markets which cost the governments money. The most significant reason that these empires fell economically was the taxes. When the farmers with only a little bit of land they don’t really make any money off of it or pay taxes on it they sell it to a wealthy person who can but most large estate owners will bribe officials to avoid