The Roman Empire and the Han Dynasty civilizations both arose around the same time. While both civilizations had their highs in wealth and battle, they also had low points. They both eventually had problems that led to the fall of their society.
There are some similarities between the reasons for the fall of the Roman Empire and the fall of the Han Dynasty. In Document 12, it says that the rulers of the Han Dynasty were not being good rulers and talking care of the civilization like they should. Instead, they were amusing themselves with pleasures of court life. Also, the people of China wanted to overthrow one of the reformist officials, Wang Mang, because he was trying to confiscate the great estates and abolish slavery. He eventually was killed. In Document 2, shows a list of all the changes in power from the Roman Empire because of the rulers not doing their duty to the people and they got assassinated or killed in battle. They both were having problems with the rulers not helping their civilization and doing things that the people of the civilization didn’t like. According to Document 4 and 5, the Roman Empire got invaded multiple times by different
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That does not mean that they were going to last. The Han Dynasty fell in 200 CE. The nomads had tried to invade China multiple times. Qin had ordered people to make the Great Wall of China to keep them out. Since a lot of people were working and dying to get this wall done, they civilization that was not working on the wall suffered. They had less food and less people doing the jobs that were needed to continue the civilization. In the Han Dyansty, they were dedicated to their military too. Only, Wudi started a military school for anyone, except only the rich could afford to send their kids to their, for military training and preparation. The military did start to weaken when they got attacked from outside invaders trying to get into
Han China and Rome are actually very similar in their geographical conquests. First of all, both civilizations were the largest and most expansive in their areas. Rome stretched from Spain, England, and France to Mesopotamia and North Africa. The Han dynasty expanded to Korea, china, and central Asia. These huge areas allowed a feeling of power and more economic stability, but also had a few downfall's. Even though the Roman Empire had close to 60 million people in the lands, the population began to dwindle by the end of its empire, they could no longer supply enough people to protect its borders, so they had to turn to outside sources for its military. These outside sources had distrusting loyalties, so, Rome’s borders were not so well protected and eventually fell to complete invasion. Han Dynasty fell to its fate. Both the Han Dynasty and the Roman Empire's weakened so much that they both crippled under the weight of outside invasions. A huge difference between the two civilizations, however, was their level of isolation. Being in China, the Han Dynasty was on the east side and was much more isolated than Rome, which was a peninsula and quite open to everywhere. Though
Empires on their outside may seem very different and unique. However, when you get down to their fundamentals, you begin to truly realize how similar they are. Just as the imposing pine tree and humble tomato plant may seem vastly different, their start from a lowly seed and craving for water and sunlight to survive unifies them. Such is also true with the Han and Roman empires. While key differences may be present, their social structures, influencing religions, and causes of collapse unify them.
As you can see the Han Dynasty and the Roman Empire possessed many differences both politically and through their accomplishments. That being said, they also shared an extensive variety of similarities. They varied in government, but
The Roman Empire and the Han Dynasty were both some of the greatest empires in their time. The fall of the Roman Empire was followed by the fall of the Han Dynasty. Three major things that contributed to these empires falling were the economic troubles these empires were going through at the time, taxation was a huge trouble for some of these empires, trade was also a big contribution, and being economically weak had an impact as well. Political reasons were a major of why these empires fell, both these empires had problems when it came down to their rulers, both these empires also split into two at a point, as well as the gap between the rich and the poor.
The Han Dynasty and the Roman Empire both had a great influence not only on its people but the world as a whole. The two had similar and different methods of political control. Both ruled their people under a bureaucracy, they had civil servants to maintain their large empires, and their foundations were made of great and strong rulers. Aside from the similarities they also had several differences. Take China for example, they focused more on Confucianism and they had a Mandate of Heaven. Rome on the other hand used entertainment to distract and control the masses of its population.
The decline of China and Rome both shared similar economic strife in that they were both subject to barbarian and nomadic invasions, therefore having to spend large amounts of money on frontier defense; however, they differed in that the Han Empire collapsed in part due to the high taxes imposed on the peasant class resulting in a large peasant rebellion, such as the Yellow Turbans, while in Rome tax collections was in danger of abandonment as residents of the empire were few in number and in financial difficulty. In addition, the two empires were similar socially because of large epidemics, diseases, and plagues that caused a population decrease. Also, both experienced a
Throughout history, there were various empires which developed into great, powerful forces. These empires expanded their lands to new places but, these empires ultimately came to an end. Amongst these great empires, were the Han and the Roman empire. Both were great in power but, due to political, social, and economic causes, they came to an end. Although they do partake in the equal shares of corruption and problems with the military, they also had fair shares of differences, regarding their declines. For example, the Han empire had decentralization and rebellion while Rome had shifted in interests and developed war issues. These differences and similarities are bits of history which help to comprehend why these empires are no longer
The Han and Roman Empires were extremely important empires during the time of their existence. The Han Empire began around 206 BCE and ended at around 220 CE. The Roman Empire began at around 27 BCE and broke apart into two halves, the West falling in 476 and the East collapsing in 1453. The Han Dynasty and the Roman Empire have different outlooks on technology, the Han Dynasty view technology as a practical application used to ease the workload of people, while the Roman Empire views certain technology as needed, despite the creator.
Han China and the Roman Empire have multiple similarities and differences in the techniques of imperial administration under the circumstances that they were influenced by the way each empire was based, their way of life, and religion and philosophy. The Han Dynasty and Imperial Rome are two completely different civilizations, yet are united under multiple conformities. The ways of living and society of these two empires are very similar, but they also differ, under the circumstances of government.
The collapse of the Han and the Roman Empires during the classical era has some similar factors on the social and economic aspects, namely the decline in the trade and the widespread epidemic disease. However, each faced unique factors contributing to their collapse. In the Han Empire, the weak emperors didn't have a proper position as a emperor while the influence of army generals rise up gradually, whereas Rome’ ineffective later emperors concerned more with a life of pleasure than a desire to rule wisely.
The Han dynasty was a golden era for China. It saw the greatest land confiscation of the nation’s history and economic success. In this paper I will be focusing on the structure of the national government, the monopolizing of iron and salt, the Yumen Pass and the Yellow Turban rebellion. Join me as we take a trip back in time to visit a time in Chinas history that is highly revered.
The Roman and Han empires were different with respect to how each came to gaining their power. However, each held several similarities within their governments, religion, technological contributions, and downfalls. These differences and similarities can be seen by taking a closer look at each empire.
While there might not be a real tangible reason why the qing dynasty collapsed, some people start to lay the blame on the western force. Personally,although the Western force may appear culpable, I believe it is unjustifiable to claim that it directly led to the destruction of the Qing dynasty. Rather than the western force, I believe the internal conflicts within China, and also the Qing dynasty itself are the greatest instigators for this downfall.
But in the end, the Tang Dynasty, just like all the other dynasties fell. The Tang Dynasty might have been one of the powerful, but they ended fast because the dynasty weakened because of all the taxes. The people rebelled, and the government was able to stop the rebellion, but they never fully recovered and the dynasty fell.
Main Objective: SWBAT compare and contrast the internal and external causes that led to the fall of the Roman and Han Empires