The Mauryan Empire created a power vacuum that would fill the absence of Alexander the Great. In 320 B.C.E. Chandragupta Maurya began his conquest of the northern part of the Indian subcontinent. However‚ the main figure of this dynasty was Ashoka‚ who ruled from 268 B.C.E. until 232 B.C. using a highly organized bureaucracy‚ not unlike the Chinese emperors. Following his death the empire went into decline‚ due in large part to financial problems. It eventually disappeared in 185 B.C.E. Economically
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Asoka ruled the Mauryan empire over 2‚000 years ago. Asoka then added kalinga to the Mauryan. Asoka is an enlightened ruler because he decided to spread Buddhism‚ he became friends with kalinga and he became a Buddhist. First‚ Asoka started to spread Buddhism in India and parts of Asia. He became a Buddhist and sent missionaries to spread Buddhism to India and some parts of Asia. When he spreads Buddhism it makes him good because it means that because he believes in it and doesn’t want
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Samudra gupta[citation needed]‚ ruler of the Gupta Empire (c335 – c375 CE)‚ and successor to Chandragupta I‚ is considered to be one of the greatest military geniuses in Indian history according to Historian V. A. Smith. He was called the Napoleon of India because he wanted to conquer more and more. The Allahabad inscriptions or the Prayag Prashashti composed by his court poet. He was the second ruler of the Gupta Dynasty‚ who ushered in the Golden Age of India. He was perhaps the greatest king of
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Comparing Empires: Roman and Chinese Consolidating the Roman and Chinese Empires 1. both empires defined themselves in universal terms 2. both invested heavily in public works 3. both claimed supernatural sanctions a. deceased Roman emperors as gods (imperial cult) i. persecution of Christians for nonparticipation in cult b. Chinese emperor as Son of Heaven i. rule by Mandate of Heaven ii. dependent on just rule iii. heavy ritual duties to maintain relationship between earth and heaven iv. moral
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most empires were ran through a religion. That is called a theocracy. Today‚ only a few stand like Iran‚ Saudi Arabia‚ and Pakistan. The Islamic Caliphates and the Mauryan/Gupta empires were two main empires before the 1200s. There were a lot of differences and similarities between these two. The Islamic Caliphates were located in the modern day Middle East. The word Islam means submitted to god‚ the religion was started by the prophet Muhammad in the city of Mecca. During the empire there
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classical empires of Imperial Rome (31BCE-476CE) and Han China (206BCE-220CE) were extremely influential when it came to the world around them. In essence‚ the two empires were virtually the same in terms of political structure and military protocols‚ yet greatly different in the area of religious tolerance. Both Han China and Imperial Rome had a political system structure consisting of a sovereign emperor who made executive‚ almost dictator-like‚ decisions and directed the affairs of the empire. However
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from 206 B.C.E. to 220 B.C.E. and the imperial Rome from 31 B.C.E. to 476 C.E. had shared similarities on the territorial boundaries issues‚ the two empires had different political over the huge amount of land. Known as most powerful empires in history‚ Han China and Rome utilized idiosyncractic policy to maintain the sovereignty. However‚ the two states both suffered from the border disputes. To begin with‚ the political systems in Han China and Imperial Rome were different‚ contributing to the sophistication
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The ancient civilizations of Rome and Han China shared both similarities and differences in their social‚ political and economical views. First‚ ancient Rome and Han China both shared social views. Male dominance was a big thing for both‚ as they only cared to produce male offspring and didn’t really care much about the women. In Han China it was a bit of a disgrace to produce women offspring; in Rome women were in the same social level as all of the children‚ everybody under seven-teen years of
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Imperial Administration of Han China and Imperial Rome Both Han China and Imperial Rome used a centralized government with roads to help them rule their large empire‚ yet Han China had Confucianism to legitimize their rule while Roman emperors were dependent on the support of a large military force for legitimacy from 204 B.C.E to 476 C.E. Han China and Imperial Rome had some Similarities. Both Han China and Imperial Rome had very large empires that it was difficult to manage their boarders and
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The Indus and Aryan Civilizations The Indus civilization‚ an ancient civilization in South Asia‚ existed from about 2700 to 1750 BC. It is sometimes referred to as the Harappa civilization; one of its major centers. It stretched from north of the Hindu Kush down the entire length of the Indus and beyond into peninsular India. The Indus civilization is known only from archaeological evidence. Its origins traditionally were viewed as the result of the diffusion of farming and technology from more
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