The Roman and Han Empires were the most powerful empires among the Classical Empires. The Han Dynasty and Roman Empire were similar in their falls because they both fell to nomadic invaders‚ and because they both fell because of a decline in economic trade. The Han and the Roman Empires were different in their falls because the Han suffered from serious revolts whereas the Romans did not; also the effects of their falls were different because China was able to make a fairly quick comeback whereas
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Classical China encompasses three major dynasties: the Zhou‚ the Qin‚ and the Han. When Shi Huangdi of the Qin Dynasty was killed in 210 B.C.‚ angry peasants organized massive rebellions. One peasant leader defeated all his opponents and in 202 B.C.‚ he formed the third dynasty of classical China: the Han. The Han Dynasty existed for more than 400 years‚ until 220 C.E. The rise of Rome was the last phase of classical Mediterranean civilization‚ after Rome conquered Greece and the Hellenistic kingdoms
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The decline of the Roman and Han empires was caused by a number of events such as social unrest‚ problems with the government‚ and a decline in military which made them vulnerable to any number of events that could occur. The Han dynasty over time regrew into various forms‚ while the downfall of the Roman Empire was never followed by the regrowth of the Roman civilization. The Roman Empire and Han China were once thriving civilizations‚ one reason for the collapse of both was social unrest
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The attitudes towards technology between the Hans and the Romans are different. The Romans attitude towards technology was more negative. While the Hans were more considerate towards technology. In documents 1‚ 2‚ 3‚ and 4 the Hans supported technology advancing in their society. In documents 5‚ 7‚ and 8 the Romans thought that technology were undignified. Also‚ document 6 was the only document about the Roman favoring technology. Documents 1 and 4 are about water inventions advancements that
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-"cosmopolitans" belong to world -emphasized spiritual concerns of humans as individuals -pop. entertainment in theatre‚ public games‚ and secular art -high culture (sophisticated appeal) Hide Insert Card 3 Zoom Compare and Contrast Judean‚ Roman‚ and Carthaginian responses to Hellenistic influences. How receptive was each society to Greek cultural influences? Judean specifically? Zoom Judean-jews resisted‚ temple in jerusalem is focal point of jews‚ constant foreign domination‚ integration
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This paper will compare similarities and the differences of the Roman and Han Dynasty empires. It will compare their creation‚ maintenance‚ culture‚ and decline. These two giant empires were able to reach great heights‚ but they differed in origin. The Han Dynasty was created when Liu Bang pulled the state back together after the near collapse of the Qin dynasty. (Dunn and Mitchell 202) Rome had a much more humble beginning. “When Rome emerged as a republican city-state in late sixth century B.C
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its origin in the Middle East through the Roman Empire‚ to Eastern Europe‚ and to parts of Eastern and Southwest Asia. Buddhism originated in India‚ and spread along the silk roads to Southeast Asia. Buddhism appealed to the lower class and women. It was less dependent on the higher class (Brahmins) and disregarded the caste system. Christianity also appealed to the lower class and women. Christians were more accepting of slaves and women than most Roman societies. Most of those societies were male-dominated
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Han and Roman attitudes towards technology in the late BCE and early CE pointed towards two main categories‚ positive and negative. The Majority of the documents had positive attitudes towards technology because of its obvious benefits to the author’s cities. Documents 1 and 8 show government officials in charge of water technology. Both show obvious support for the technology they are associated with‚ preventing floods or creating aqueducts for their cities. Also‚ their jobs require them to use
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The spread of Buddhism in China Buddhism in China was popular to some‚ but not to all. Here are many reasons as to why Buddhism spread as far as it did and why it did not spread farther. Even though Buddhism brought some order to China and did provide a little hope‚ it did not align with Chinese culture‚ and the Chinese people are very culturally centered. In documents two and five‚ a more positive light is shone on Buddhism. Buddhism spread in China because it gave a hope to people who only
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In 4th Century CE the Western Roman Empire fell to Germanic Invaders Rome had long been at war with. While‚ many people accredited these invasions to the Empire’s fail‚ there was in fact many reasons why this event happened. The Fall of the Roman Empire was because of the division between the power of the rich aristocrats and plebeians‚ the powerful Germanic Huns and the Romans turning to Christianity. As the Empire grew larger‚ so did the Patricians’ estates‚ or Latifundia‚ leading to mass unemployment
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