The fall of the Roman Empire was caused by barbarian invasions. The Roman Empire fell in the late AD 400s (Burstein and Shek 364). There are many ways that historians and archeologists believe was the reason that Rome fell‚ but the main reason was because of barbarian invasions. Although the empire had an advanced military for the most part‚ the Roman military had difficulty fending off the multiple invaders that were attacking at different areas of the empire. For example‚ Rome had to keep their
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Although the Roman Empire was the greatest at it’s time‚ it did come to a fall. When it fell‚ the architecture‚ the culture‚ the stories were all lost for thousands of years. There were many contributors to the fall of the empire‚ but these four were the most critical: Political problems‚ economic issues‚ disastrous diseases‚ and finally‚ foreign invaders. The Western Roman Empire had political problems‚ this was the start of the fall of the empire. The first problem was the unfit emperors. For example
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In a perfect world‚ everyone would have food and shelter‚ and a true utopian society would be devoid of sexism‚ racism and other forms of oppression. But for most of the world’s population‚ this perfect society just isn’t possible.Communism is one proposed solution to these problems. Most people know what communism is at its most basic level. Simply put‚ communism is the idea that everyone in a given society receives equal shares of the benefits derived from labor. Communism is designed to allow
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equally great falls from power. Perhaps the most grand of failures in this time was that of the Roman Empire. After the death of Marcus Aurelius‚ an empire that had stood strong for centuries began its long‚ painful decline which lasted almost three centuries. No one person could possibly be blamed for this progression of abasement in the empire‚ but rather the entire Roman population. There were multiple political‚ economic‚ military‚ and social causes of the fall of the Roman Empire. The early
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For many centuries‚ the Roman Empire flourished and was able to make many great accomplishments and creations that have influenced modern culture today. Despite the success of this empire‚ it soon began to crumble after the Pax Romana‚ which was a period of 200 years of peace and prosperity. Many factors contributed to the decline of this empire‚ including the spread of famine‚ disease‚ and the effects of Christianity‚ as it spread throughout the empire. However‚ the three main reasons that contributed
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democracy‚ in which every citizen is expected to play an active role in governing the state. A democracy is ruled by the people. The Athenian Democracy and Roman Republic both had strengths and weakness in how democratic the government was‚ this is shown in their respective voting systems‚checks and balances‚ and social classes. The Representative voting system in the Athenian government was more democratic‚ than the Roman Republic. In Athens‚ the first 6000 male citizens voted for their elected officials
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The Collapse of the Roman Empire The Roman Empire is considered by many to be the greatest empire of all of time. However‚ everything has to come to an end at some point‚ even the greatest Empires of our time. There were many reasons as to why the Roman Empire collapsed‚ the three most significant ones being that they lost control over their army‚ there was too much land for them to rule‚ and the government was people lost interest. As the Roman Empire expanded‚ the ratio of land to officials
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The fall of the territorial states‚ with a shockingly similar cause to the cause of the fall of their predecessors being climate change‚ gave rise to a new type of political ruling‚ empires which are groups of different ethnic groups or states under the control of a single ruling power. The two prime examples of these new empires and ways in which political ruling changed are the Assyrian and the Persian Empires‚ both viewed as political models as well as models of the effective use of ideology.
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The Athenian Empire‚ One of the Greatest Empires and One of the Fastest to go. The Athenian Empire‚ one of the most successful and greatest empires of all of Ancient period. From its rise from the unique way of living‚ its senate‚ and its agricultural and trading power‚ Athens became incredibly powerful‚ wealthy‚ and was the main power in the Ancient world. Not only was the Athenian empire strong in its culture and money making‚ its Navy was its strongest than any other power at the time. It
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The People of the Roman and Chinese Empires There were many positive and negative factors that played a role in the status of both the Roman and Chinese Empires. Various factors allowed these empires to sustain a way of life‚ but also led to their demise. Throughout an empire‚ a governmental system developed relationships between the people of the empires and their leaders. Therefore the largest factor affecting the rise and fall of Rome and China’s empires was the relationship of the people
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