Classical Era‚ the Roman Empire and the Han Dynasty in China by similar Bureaucratic structures‚ but differed in how the emperors justified their power. While the Han Dynasty followed the Mandate of Heaven‚ the Roman Empire justified their power through military conquest and were treated like gods. Both the Han Dynasty and the Roman Empire were a bureaucracy. This meant that both of them had many government officials and departments. In both cases‚ the Han Dynasty and The Roman Empires bureaucracies
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century. A family of kings‚ called a “dynasty‚” began ruling China with great vigor‚ developing solid political institutions‚ and encouraging active economies. Each dynasty over time grew weaker‚ tax revenues declined‚ and social divisions occurred as the population outstripped available resources. In addition‚ internal rebellions and sometimes invasions from the outside contributed to each dynasty’s decline. As the ruling dynasty began to falter‚ usually
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Running head: THE CH’IN DYNASTY AND LEGALISM IN ANCIENT CHINA The Ch’in Dynasty and Legalism in Ancient China The Ch’in Dynasty and Legalism in China The philosophical principles that Legalism was based upon‚ set it apart from other Chinese philosophical views. These differences appealed to the rulers of the Ch’in Dynasty as they began the unification of China‚ which gave rise to the first Empire of China. Legalism was based on the premise that humans are inherently evil. A basic punishment
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the beginning‚ was coins‚ silks‚ and other items of interest. Although‚ many found this as a burden to carry with them. So‚ during the Song dynasty there was a thought of paper money‚ and that dream became a reality. Although some decided to rebel against the paper money and continue with the original system. One of these dynasties was the Qing Dynasty. There is not a decided reason to why they did this. Even though coins and paper money’s appearance was different‚ they served the same purpose
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Dynastic cycle‚ the Song and the Ming Dynasties of Ancient China showed similar periods of decline. Both Dynasties experienced good time periods throughout their dynasty‚ but also bad time periods. To start off‚ the Song Dynasty started to become more concerned about wealth rather than supporting their army. Once this happened the army weakened and invaders started to attack China in 1279. The Ming Dynasty had tons of issues with taxes and so did the Song Dynasty. The taxes were too high so the poor
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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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