Around times ranging from the first century B.C.E all the way to the first century C.E. two large cultures with slightly differing opinions pertaining to technology were those of Han China and Rome. While Rome, a civilization set upon expansion and conquest; saw little need for adaptive technology lest it aided in the plundering lifestyle Rome’s economy was based upon, Han China was much more tolerant towards advancements in technology even as they preferred a more traditional lifestyle. The two main branches of technology presented through the documents include: Technology introduced by governing bodies/officials, and technology innovated by the common consumer.…
The Roman Empire and Han Dynasty were different politically. The Roman Empire was founded on imported agriculture and didn’t have a set bureaucracy. While the emperor of Rome appointed some advisors the government lacked many institutions, such as a planned budget. Apart from the emperor and senate the Romans didn’t have other levels of government; because of this the farther reaches of the Roman Empire had more autonomy. The Han was founded on strict legalism and had a well organized bureaucracy. Even though the emperor had absolute power, institutions such as the Three Councilors of State and Nine…
From the second century B.C.E to 200 C.E, technology has proved an important role in the modernization and advancement of empires such as the Han and Roman. The Han’s attitude towards technology was that of respect and appreciation, which eventually lead to the advancement of their great empire. The Romans, however, although dependent on technology for resources like water and everyday usages like roads, had a negative and degrading attitude towards technology. The different attitudes can be explained by the different empires and parts of society that each of the authors of the documents were a part of. The Han and Roman attitudes had a stark contrast in belief, along with the different in political and government leaders with the upper-class. Another document that would have been helpful in the analysis of the differing attitudes would be an excerpt from a lower-class worker. All of the documents provided were from either the upper-class or a political or government leader who all had their own beliefs on what technology is like without being in direct contact with tools like a worker would have been.…
The Han and the Romans both had very passive views when it came to technology, both sharing the "good is good enough" mindset. This appears through people of high class wanting higher quality materials and laborers, the Han enjoying a superb invention but not outwardly seeking to improve it, as well as the Romans appreciated fantastic inventions without searching for ways to improve…
The Hans and the Romans both had very fascinating views on their technology. While The Han’s attitude toward technology was viewed as a positive contribution to their society the Romans had positive views other Romans had negative attitudes. Every document has its own opinions on the way they appreciate technology some support which is making then look good, while some think it’s for low class people and not for government. In order to fully analyze Han and Roman attitudes toward technology it would have been helpful to have an additional document of an interview with a Roman laborer because all of the other documents were from higher class Romans who did not work with tools and such technology.…
proud of their aqueducts. One Roman general raved about the abundance of water they had due…
Essay #1-Compare and Contrast the Han and Roman Empires in terms of their technological achievements…
The Classical Romans and Hans both had fascinating views on technology. Because they were both such great empires, they managed to create a wide variety of technology. When the scholars were inventing it, they were focused on creating life much easier than it was. Technology was made important in more than one way, and attitudes toward it varied from person to person. And even though these attitudes varied, the technology was still improved to become the basis of what we have today. The Han and Romans’ attitudes toward technology were aimed at improving their tools since most of the Han technology is about agriculture and ways to decrease the workload, while the Romans sought to create an easier way of transporting goods throughout the empire, while maintaining a mathematical system to regulate it.…
Two of the greatest empires in all of history, the Ancient Roman and the Han China empires are similar in terms of both creating great inventions still used today; however, they are different in terms of how their militaries were organized and their religious beliefs.…
Both the Han Dynasty and the Roman Empire covered a lot of territory in Eurasia. From the year 1000B.C.E. (when the first settlement on the site of Rome occurred) to 600C.E. (just after the fall of both empires) the technological advances made were astonishing. Maps, pictures, and written documents are able to portray the details of what life was like in both of these large empires. All three of these will be used to explain how more technological inventions allowed these two empires to expand their control over the land. Although the Han Dynasty and Roman Empire were both large and powerful, it was mainly due to their technological advances.…
The Roman Empire and the Han Dynasty had a lot in common, but they also have many differences. For instance, the Roman Empire relied heavily on slave (mostly prisoners of war) labor, but the Han Dynasty relied greatly on free peasant labor. Although both the Roman Empire and the Han Dynasty had a well organized bureaucracy, the Han Dynasty had bureaucracy based upon Confucian ideology. Also the Han Dynasty did not have paved roads, where as the Roman Empire constructed many paved roads (which was because the romans discovered concrete).…
The Chinese attitude towards technology was that it should be useful to and help the common people. The Roman attitude towards technology was that it was it was of little prestige and didn't relate to the upper classes and was therefore of less importance.…
While the Roman and the Han empires were similar, they also differed. The households within both empires were run very differently. In the Roman households, they enforced a concept of pater familias, meaning the eldest male in the house would rule, this is also passed down through generations. Where as in the Han, they followed a Confucian quality,…
The Han dynasty was proud of the efficiency of their technology and their ability to prevent natural disasters. The Romans marveled at their technological advancements, but didn’t think it was very enlightening when it came to craft.…
Many people throughout time had different outlooks or opinions on technological advances. The outlook differed on people in each civilization. According to written articles, civilizations either were for or against technology; in some cases, they had pro and con opinions depending on when, and/or who wrote the article on their attitude towards technology.…