Odelyne Lamour Ms. Pelletier AP World History 10/24/12 China during the Qin and Han dynasties and the Mediterranean during the Roman Empire were similar socially and politically because they both had patriarchy‚ hierarchy‚ and a centralized government. One aspect that differed was artistically. China focused on visuals such as pictures. While Rome dealt with more three-dimensional ideas such as sculpture and architecture. Most of the civilizations that we studied thus far have some type
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know about how Chinese dynasties began. Also‚ it was interesting to compare what makes a dynasty legitimate in western empire and Chinese empire. In China‚ a dynasty is legitimate by the “mandate of heaven” compared to in Europe’s “divine right.” I personally felt that Europe’s “divine right” is very unfair and it does not give normal people to protect themselves from unruly emperors. However‚ in China’s “mandate of heaven” there is a possibility of losing it if the dynasty does not please people
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The Han Dynasty vs. The Roman Empire The Roman Empire and the Han Dynasty of China had many similarities and differences. Many of these similarities and differences were political‚ social‚ and economical. Some of the similarities included the resemblances of political figures‚ the role of women‚ and the parallels in each empire’s trade. Some differences included the contrasts of the forms of government‚ the spheres of influence for each empire‚ and the military expeditions led by the empires. These
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The period of rebellion and warfare (the end of the dynasties.) The Tang dynasty and the song dynasty were very different but they did have some similarities. They both were very good at surviving but they both died in the end. This is the end of the Song dynasty and the Tang dynasty. When the song dynasty was under attack they had to raise the taxes and they had to pay money for the Khitans so they could fight. Also‚ the Song dynasty could not hold of the northern invaders for long. They had such
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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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6-27-11 Compare and Contrast Song and Tang Dynasties After the collapse of the Han dynasty at the beginning of the third century‚ China fell into an extended period of division and civil war. China was at a loss for leadership. Many dynasties ruled over this perdiod of time including the Song and Tang dynasties. The political system of the Tang Dynasty (618-907) stood in the tradition of a central bureaucracy that was already created during the Han Dynasty (206 BC - 220 AD). Unlike the Han system
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the emperors who rule over each dynasty (the Qin and the Han). In addition new technology and developments influence the rise and fall of the empires to. What really lead to the rise of Qin conquering China and the fall of the empire? Politics took a big role in the rise and fall of the Qin dynasty. Between 402 B.C.E and 201 B.C.E the large states of China were fighting to gain control over the entire area during the period of the Warring States. The Qin dynasty was the only state that managed conquering
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Qin administrative structures is one of the key concepts in the longevity of Han dynasty. In both the Qin and Han dynasties‚ a similar legal system of a bureaucracy was adopted‚ where at the center of the state‚ a centralized government body existed. In effort in unifying the empire‚ during the Qin Dynasty‚ land was divided into different administrative provinces governed by nobles and aristocrats. During the Han Dynasty‚ the emperors continued to expand the notion of a centralized state‚ where in
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Shimin. He was the second emperor of the Tang dynasty and he ruled Tang for 23 years from 626 to 649. He was a statesman‚ militarist‚ and poet. He is considered as one of the greatest emperors in Chinese history. His name in Chinese means world and people. When he was young‚ a fortune teller said he would save the world. This is where his name Shimin comes from and it also indicates his life. In his early life he launched lots of wars to unify Tang Dynasty with his father. After Xuanwu Gate Incident
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The Tang and Song dynasties were an era for many technological developments the most important of these are the invention of gunpowder and movable type. Movable type is the system of printing and typography that uses movable components to reproduce the elements of a document. The distribution of the movable-type systems was very limited due to the fact that they were expensive‚ there was a large amount of labor involved in manipulating the thousands of ceramic tablets‚ based on the Chinese writing
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