Given that China and Athens were located in two separate places‚ they both had very different forms of government‚ geography‚ and daily life. Han China developed a well-organized‚ working form of government called a bureaucracy. The emperor (ruling leader) stated who were governors and those governors then appointed their sector to a military power role. The segments got more condense and represented “a chain of command”. Everybody had their task in the government whether it would be economics‚
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Comparing and Contrasting the Roman Empire and the Han Dynasty Throughout history‚ many powerful empires and dynasties have ruled. Some ruled for hundreds of years‚ while others lasted for shorter time periods. All of these ruling powers had a great impact on their country’s development. The way they governed their people and kept in power were often very different but they often achieved the same goals. The Han Dynasty‚ which ruled China from 206 B.C.E. to 220 C.E and the Roman Empire‚ which
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World History Chapter 12 Textbook Questions The Reunification and Renaissance in Chinese Civilization: The Era of the Tang and Song Dynasties. (pgs. 263-286) *Rebuilding the Imperial Edifice in the Sui-Tang Era (pgs. 265-272) 1. In the Tang era that followed the Sui interlude‚ the bureaucratic institution began under the Han were- . 2. What is the definition on Wendi? 3. Although Wendi himself was Chinese‚ he secured his power base by winning the support
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HAN CHINA & ROMAN EMPIRE • Both lasted approximately 400 years • Both had populations of about 50 million • Both emphasized territorial expansion • Agriculture was the base • Land = wealth • Gov’t revenue based on a % of the annual harvest • Both dominated by patriarchy & reverence for fathers • Both focused on veneration of ancestors (but more so the Han) • Han – family was the model of organization for the state • Early on‚ both empires focused on rituals and themes that would
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To What Extent is the United States an Imperial Power? After the Spanish-American War‚ the United States is ok with imperialism‚ therefore increasing the extent that the United States is an imperial power. The depression in the 1890s caused people to think we needed to imperialize because industrial production demanded more resources. Foreign trade was more important as well‚ so the U.S. thought it would be beneficial to acquire new colonies and expand further. Teddy Roosevelt had a vision of
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(Edward J. Drea‚ Japan’s Imperial Army: It’s Rise and Fall 1853-1945. Kansas: the University Press of Kansas‚ 2009) A look at Japan’s army through the eyes of Edward J. Drea is a very well informed and organized view. Basing his information off of a surplus of Japanese historical accounts (being well versed in the Japanese language) and English accounts alike‚ Drea has dug deeper into Japanese history as viewed by the rest of the world than any other. Japan’s Imperial Army is respectively a brief
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M.H How Great Were Their Differences? The Ancient Athenian and China dynasties were vastly different because of their population and form of government. The government of Athens was democracy with a diminutive population that could be ran by some people in the population‚ whereas in Han China was a bureaucracy with a greater population that was ran by non-elective government officials‚ citizens had no say in government. (Document 2) The Ancient Athenian population was made up of fifty hundred
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Why did the U.S. become an imperial power? Americans had always sought to expand the size of their nation‚ and throughout the 19th century they extended their control toward the Pacific Ocean. However‚ by the 1880’s‚ many American leaders had become convinced that the United States should join the imperialist powers of Europe and establish colonies overseas. Imperialism‚ the policy in which stronger nations extend their economic‚ political‚ and cultural control over weaker territories‚ was already
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empire were created through the desire for more supremacy and division of ideas‚ being both imperial and nationalistic. This tension was mostly centered around the ideas of what Europe was at the time and what is would work to become. Ideological differences between nations and empires created geo-political conflict. Many thinkers of the time espoused individual rights and‚ detested many forms of imperial rule. With the rise of nationalistic movements such as the French revolution highlight the struggle
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This shaped the world and allowed for the imperial conquest of Africa. The advancement in Medical science and the industrial revolution changed history and cleared the path for Europeans to conquer Africa. The European super powers invaded a weak and dysfunctional Africa and initiated the so called
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