Thomas Paine The Benefits Of The Mongol Empire

One thing that most major political states throughout history can agree on is the importance of trading, not only within the state but with outside states as well. Both the Roman Empire and the Han Dynasty were large participants in trade, not only within their states but with outside states as well. The Han Dynasty exemplifies this by showing their great amount of effort to get involved in the Silk Road. The Han Dynasty went to the extent of expanding the wall into the route of the Silk Road. Metaphorically speaking, this is the Han Dynasty's way of sticking their foot in the Silk Road and regional trade. This was first done in the Han Dynasty because the leaders knew the necessity for trade and its power to keep their government and society thriving.

The political stability during the hundred years of the Pax Mongolica led to more and safer trade on the Silk Roads. Under the protection of the Mongols, goods and ideas moved between China and the

According to Document 6, the Mongols improved transportation and communication. Improvement of transportation and communication, both play a massive role in economic development for the empire. They allowed people to trade new materials needed for everyday use, meet new people and learn different cultures. One of the trade routes that played a bigger part in improving transportation and communication was the Silk Road. It spanned the large empire, letting people travel far to trade for different items. This improvement was ideal for the people to grow together and make new discoveries about themselves and others. This positive impact on the empire is only part of it, they also promoted more diversified culture throughout the empire.

In the 6th century, there were two different classes in the Roman Empire: patricians and plebeians. The patricians had made up 5 to 7 percent of the population all the while controlling the army, senate, and the consoles. Plebeians on the other hand, can vote but could not serve other positions. They also couldn’t intermarry with the patricians, they were told to pay heavy taxes, and forced into the army to fight in wars. Because of this, they were angry, and they didn’t know their rights.

During the Conflict of Orders, the lower class Romans, or plebeians, forced the upper class Romans, known as patricians, to give them more rights and liberties (Hadas 1969).

The world's longest man made structure started out as the world's biggest cemetery. In 221 BC Emperor Qin Shi Huang ordered for the construction of a great wall to protect, impress, and glorify Ancient China (history.com). His labour force was mostly made up of soldiers, peasants, convicts, and volunteers and it is estimated that 400,000 died during the construction (background essay). While the Great Wall costed Ancient China lots, it gave them protected from their biggest threats, protected merchants trading on the Silk Road, and opened China up to the rest of the world.

Despite the apparent connection between the fate of Rome and the future of the United States, some people still claim that we aren’t in a state of decline, but rather our government is better and therefore we can’t commit the same mistakes as the Ancient Romans. This is a faulty argument due to its very nature because it’s a non sequitur, as the conclusion “we can’t repeat the same mistakes” does not logically follow from “America is better than Rome”. However, if their intent is to say that Rome was less democratic because it had an aristocratic senate, then the critic has failed to evaluate the Roman political system. During the Roman Republic, the citizens directly elected two tribunes, who had vast amounts of power and whose only purpose

Struggle of the Orders was a political battle between the Plebeians and Patricians in which the Plebeians were seeking political equality. Plebeians started gained more power and rights when they were given the opportunity to organize their own body of assembly and the right to pass plebiscites. The early Romans were miserable living under a king, so they created a republic. That is when the tribune was created, 493 B.C. In place of a king, the Romans elected two consuls, Tribunes, with equal power later there were five elected then ten. The consuls served for only one year and could not be elected again. The consuls held veto power over one another.

Every society in every age long for order, beauty, and truth. Every empire has a unique influence on the world. The Mongol Empire is no exception. The movement is best remembered for the reasons that made the greatest accomplishments of the Mongol Empire regarding warfare, major leaders during this time period, and their lasting legacy of empire regarding the Silk Road.

It is clear that the dynamics that characterized Rome’s society during the Republic were never easy. There was a constant push and pull of intentions and interests between Patricians and Plebeians. The Patricians always wanting to maintain economic and political supremacy while the Plebeians were in constant

From the fall of the last king of Rome, Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, in 509 BCE, to the beginning of the principate in 27 BCE, the Roman Republic thrived as a strong and relatively stable government. This was despite its two major issues that eventually led to its downfall- the class struggle between plebeians and patricians as well as the autonomy the military had that allowed for armies to become loyal to its commander rather than the Roman state. For centuries, these issues were kept under control and the Republic was able to grow throughout the Western world. However, starting with more radical figures such as Tiberius and Gaius Gracchi and continuing to Sulla, Pompey, and Caesar, these

Like many civilizations, when Rome became a republic, it was an aristocratic republic. The citizens of the Roman republic were divided into two classes: the patricians, and the plebeians. The patricians were the aristocrats, and the plebeians were the labor poor class. These two classes had economic, and political differences which ended provoking the plebeians to revolt.

The Roman republic and the United States have both similarities and differences. The roman republic and the United States have both a strong government that are composed of many branches. The roman republic "government was headed by the Roman senate and two elected officials called consuls". "The aristocracy (patricians) wielded more power than the bulk of the population, the commoners (plebeians), leading to ongoing tension between social classes". The plebeians had more power than any other branch.

This means a high class of wealthy elites dominated in the Rome Republic. Along with this, the head of the government was lead by two officials and had a Senate of the patricians. Most of the government was lead by people who were most commonly known as aristocrats. Aristocrats were members of the highest class Rome had and were often nobles or gained office through hereditary means. Contrasting with the Ancient Romans, Modern Americans lead a democracy. A democracy allows elected officials to decide government actions, but most importantly it means the government is in the hands of the people. This allows everybody to be able to vote. So, this is different than a republic because it is more involved from the people’s perspective. Having a democracy is not like having a republic as many would think, even though it had similar features and characteristics. Some of the current American government has adopted some features of Ancient Rome, like the Senate. The Senate is a group of legislative individuals elected by the states and people. Different from our Senate though, is Rome’s Senate has no legal power whatsoever. Instead the Senate acted a more a communication from the people to the emperor. The Senate brought what the people requested before the emperor to satisfy their wants, needs, and desires. Emperors, unlike Presidents were not elected, but passed down from family to family, or a specific person the emperor

Have you ever thought that the U.S. government is easily comparable to the Roman's version of government? Maybe that's because the U.S. government is roughly parallel with the Ancient Roman Government. The Romans did not have a constitution, like us Americans, but their division of executive, legislative, and judicial branches is similar. The Roman government served as a template for the American government. As you read further, you will see how the governmental structures, with detail, are similar by first making points on the American style contrasted with the Roman style of government.