Qin Dynasty Vs Han Dynasty Essay

In comparing the Qin and Han Dynasties, both are easily recognizable with the Conrad Demarest Model of Empires however, both have easily recognize differences such as, the administrating of powers, the fall of the empire, and ideologies. Both dynasties match up with the Conrad Demarest Model of Empires. The Qin Dynasty had all of the necessary preconditions for the rise of an empire. The Han Dynasty had some necessary preconditions for the rise of an empire, but not all. It did have a main reason for falling, a revolution. By definition, both dynasties were empires. The Qin and Han Dynasties had different methods of distributing power amongst the empire. The Qin Dynasty matched up with the Conrad Demarest Model of Empires, because it had state level government, and several small states with no clearly dominant state. The Qin Dynasty had forty administrative units called “commadaries”. Each was staffed with three leading officials; one civil authority, one military authority, and one inspector representing the emperor. The officials were responsible for keeping one another
In the Qin Dynasty, the reason for the fall was systematic problems, contests for power, fear, and disloyalty. Each resulted from one another. Systematic problems caused uproar, and a contest for power among officials. The contest for power caused fear and disloyalty amongst the citizens, who didn’t know what else to do. This fall does not exactly line up with the Conrad Demarest Model of Empires. The fall of the Han Dynasty did match up exactly with the Model of Empires though. In the fall of the Han Dynasty, there were many revolutions. The main revolution, which in the end cause the fall of the weakening empire, was the revolution of the peasants. In the weakened state of the Han Dynasty towards the end, the peasants were being taken advantage of, and were fed up with not getting a fair share of the wealth in the