Compare And Contrast Roman Empire And Western Empires

Han China and Imperial Rome are two classical civilizations that flourished within the time period 600 BCE to 600 CE. Both great empire kept political control through the centralization of government after land expansion, which was accomplished through the standardization of religion. However, the two empires had large differences on how they ruled, such as the forms of government.

Increasing their empire’s boundaries helped the government continue to grow in size. In this way, both of these empires were similar to the Gupta Empire. All three locations controlled large territories and administered them. Lots of useful resources lay in all of the empires mentioned, as well as beneficial trade routes, created by the government. Both empires also made many advances in technology.

Justification of their positions helped the emperors of both empires were able to keep their people obedient and

Name: Rebekah Wittman Feb. 2, 2016 Mrs. Stewart- Global 9 Fall of Rome DBQ In the third century C.E., Rome faced many problems. There were both internal and external factors that weakened the expansive empire.

The Rome and Han empires were two very influential empires that have their parallels as well as differences in terms of the rise, stability, and downfall. They were seen as some of the greatest empires of their time and each had their own way of getting to that spot with some similarities. The same applies to their stability. Their downfall had some very similar aspects to it such as corruption and invasions by neighboring lands as well as other factors but a very distinct fact that the Han rose again, not Rome. Their events may have their similarities but they had different methods of doing things as well.

The Han and Roman empires thrived during the Classical Period, in which rose the first great empires and a heavier influence of religion, due to increased trade and the spread of not only goods, but ideas and knowledge. From second century BCE to second century CE the Han Empires’ attitude toward new technology, in general, was more positive and centered toward themselves than the Romans. The Romans even adopted the motto “gravitas” or seriousness towards all matters, not solely technology, which caused the Romans to have a more neutral and lower attitude of technology than Han China. Han China was proud of their technology and viewed themselves as the greatest empirical entity at the time. A Han government official wrote to local officials

Over the course of several centuries, Rome built one of the largest empires the world have ever known. Rome for a period of time was considered the center of civilization. The empire was beautiful. It was often invaded but well protected by a powerful army. Some people believed the empire would last forever.

What caused the fall of the Western Roman Empire? The collapse of Rome was caused entirely by itself. With Rome's government inability to sustain its empire, Rome's army eroding, and terrible financial maintenance Rome led itself to complete and utter destruction. Rome’s government failure to sustain its empire led it to finally collapse. Henry Haskell an author of The New Deal in Old Rome writes “Part of the money... workmen from their occupations.”

Both the Roman Empire and The Han Dynasty have barriers that helped protect them from outside invaders. The Han Empire has The Great Wall of China, previously built by Emperor Qin. The Chinese use this as an advantage and aids the empire in guarding themselves against the remains of the Xiongnu tribes to the north (Tsao 35). Turning the focal point to Rome, they do not have a major, physical barrier in the Mediterranean. However, the Roman Empire did create a wall in 121 A.D.

The Roman and Han Empires were among the greatest empires in history. The Han prospered in 202 BCE - 220 C.E and the Roman Empire in 27 BCE- 476 C.E. By the early second century CE, Rome controlled the entire Mediterranean coastline and had to use military force to set up borders against their adversaries, the Huns. During the Han, colonies were established in Korea and military campaigns were mounted in order to control their neighbors, the Xiongnu. Both of these empires had similar rises by using strong military power and expansion, which helped them both strive in economic trade. Although there are many similarities in the reasons that contributed to the rise of these empires, there are also several contrasting reasons for their decline. These two empires differ because Rome allowed plague to end their empire while the Han kept ruling.

     Rome's vast empire lasted for an amazing one thousand-year reign. Half of it referred to as the republic, and the other as the empire. However, after its fall in 5oo-a.d. Rome has still remained in existence through its strong culture, architecture, literature, and even religion (Spielvogel 175). Even after its disappearance as a nation Rome left behind a legacy that will never be forgotten. Its ideals and traditions have been immolated, and adopted for over two thousand years. Whether, it is through its language of Latin, its influence of religion, or its amazing architectural ability Rome has influenced almost every culture following its demise. The heritage of Rome has

At the height of its power, Rome controlled the greatest empire ever seen in Europe at that time. Many of the conquered nations benefited from Rome. Roman public baths, roads, water supplies, all appeared in Western Europe. The sheer size of the empire was a major reason for the collapse of Rome. In AD 284, the Emperor Diocletian divided the Roman Empire in two parts to make it easier to rule. He created the Western Empire and the Eastern Empire, each with its own leader. Diocletian faced more than just administrative problems. More and

“While stands the Coliseum, Rome shall stand; When falls the Coliseum, Rome shall fall; And when Rome falls - the World.” Lord Byron. This essay will discuss the similarities of military, economics and systems of government between the Roman Empire of the 6th century BCE and the United States of America of the 20th century. History has revealed that all superpowers fall eventually, although much time has passed since the glory days of Rome we see in 2015 the largest superpower in charge, the United States. There are many similarities that can be drawn between the American superpower and the Roman Empire such as the same founding of government and both dominated in military, as well as economic similarities. This leads

Due to the collapse of the Roman Empire, it split into two separate regions: the Byzantine Empire and Western Europe. Both empires followed different paths of development. For example, Western Europe was isolated from the rest of the world due to Europe’s geography, but due to suitable farming conditions, they had the ability to farm, which in turn supported a growing population. Meanwhile, the Byzantine Empire is much more prosperous than its western counterpart due to the efforts of Justinian, whose goal was to bring back the lifestyle of Ancient Rome. There are many similarities and differences between the political and religious institutions of medieval Western Europe and the Byzantine Empire.

The empire split up into two empires with their own emperors, the Western Roman Empire and the Eastern Roman Empire (also called the Byzantine Empire), when Emperor Diocletian felt that the empire was extremely unstable. Despite not having enough money to sustain the division of the Empire into two, Diocletian raised taxes to execute his plans, and that furthermore upset the citizens of Rome. After Diocletian died the two new empires were given to his two sons. The splitting of the Roman Empire was causing more problems at this point, since they were growing apart culturally, for example they started speaking different languages and followed different types of Christianity. So the splitting of the Roman Empire caused the whole empire to fall from within, since there was a lot of conflict between Diocletian and his citizens and the empire started to break apart culturally after Diocletian’s death. Therefore Diocletian mistakenly brought down his own empire by splitting it into