The Tang and Song dynasties are often considered the golden age of China; science‚ art‚ and literature flourished during this period.² The diffusion of Chinese culture to Korea and Japan also happened during the golden age.² From 1200-1300‚ China was conquered by the Mongol Empire.² Native Chinese reclaimed their land during the Ming dynasty.² The Ming and Qing dynasties make up early modern China‚ which featured great prosperity‚ stability‚ and
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Between 1450 and 1750‚ three great Muslim empires arose—the Ottomans‚ the Safavids‚ and the Mughals. The Ottomans arose after the Seljuk Turkic kingdom of Rum in Eastern Anatolia collapsed‚ which occurred because of a Mongol invasion in 1243. The area fell into a chaotic period after that because the Mongols did not directly rule it. In search of riches‚ Turkic peoples‚ including the Ottomans who dominated the rest‚ flooded into the area. By the 1350s‚ the Ottomans were advancing from their Asia
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The Two dynasties that fascinate me the most are the Qin and the Tang Dynasty. These two dynasties separated by almost four hundred years developed themselves so drastically different that if they did not define themselves as Chinese they could be seen as two different empires. The Qin dynasty in particular took advantage of the confusion of the warring states period and using the mandate of heaven declared themselves the rulers of China. The Qin dynasty is extraordinary in what it achieved in such
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The Roman Republic was birthed after the legendary rape of Lucretia‚ as told by Roman historian Livy. The subsequent overthrow by Lucius Junius Brutus of King Tarquin the Proud’s monarchy led to the creation of the Roman Republic in 509 B.C.E. The focal-point of the new order was to emphasize the sharing of power‚ which contributed to its fast-paced success. However‚ the Republic also decayed and collapsed as quickly as it had grown. The main factors that attributed to its decline were the political
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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 Roman Principate and the Han dynasty were two very competent empires that left lasting influences in the areas of their expansion‚ even following their demise. Despite this congruence in basic political structure and social arrangements‚ the two empires varied in concepts such as religion‚ center of power‚ and military significance. This compelling unity‚ nevertheless‚ revived for the Chinese years later‚ but unfortunately never remerged for the Romans. In order to have had an empire‚ of course
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After the Roman Empire fell in about 500 CE‚ Western Europe saw a decline in centralized authority‚ trade‚ culture‚ education‚ etc. that flourished under the Romans. (Watts‚ 2017 ). This era became known as the “Dark Ages” or Early Middle Ages from about 500 CE to 1050 CE. During this time‚ waves of migrating barbarian tribes began to take over Western Europe. They replaced former Roman rule‚ creating their own empires and kingdoms. Among these barbarians were people the Franks. The Frankish‚
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The Ming and Qing Dynasties had similarities such as social structures and examination systems. Both empires had an upper‚ middle‚ and lower level to society. The highest class was composed of the emperor and his family‚ scholar bureaucrats‚ and landowners. Below them were peasants‚ artisans‚ and merchants‚ and the last class were slaves‚ indentured servants‚ and beggars. Interestingly‚ the merchants were considered the least valuable of the middle class because the Ming and Qing Confucian principles
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The Roman Empire was the period of the ancient Roman society. Their form of government was Roman Republic. The Roman civilization was located around the Mediterranean in Europe‚ Africa‚ and Asia. The first emperor of Rome was Augustus. He established a strong military. There were two different societies in the Roman Empire‚ the East and the West. The Eastern people spoke Latin‚ and the Western people spoke Greek. Domitian was the third and last emperor of the Flavian dynasty. He was born on
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C.E many empires rose and thrived. While these empires all desired to conquer and become the strongest‚ they had other things in common. In Han China‚ a long lasting empire from 206 B.C.E to 220 C.E‚ the leadership was similar to the leadership of Imperial Rome‚ an empire from 31 B.C.E to 476 C.E. Both empires were lead by an emperor‚ who was the sole lawmaker for the empire‚ the over thrower of the previous leader and impact on many other aspects of the region. However‚ these two empires differed
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