An empire falls for many reasons, the biggest being the internal turmoil. This turmoil included a weak line of succession, bureaucratic corruption, and the inability to lift economic burdens. The empire, in its weakened state, leaves itself vulnerable to many outside attacks from enemies and at risk for regional, racial and ethnic wars. If the empire wasn’t putting out fires on the inside, it may have been possible for the empire to defend itself. One of the main internal factors is the decline in dynastic succession. One of the best examples of the weakening line is the Mongol Empire, which fell two generations after its founding. As each new heir to the dynasty came into power, morals loosened and the heirs succumbed to the high of the luxurious life they lived. They begin to abuse their power for their own selfish needs. As the succession was hereditary, the people could not do anything to stop their empire from crumbling. This brings a whole new meaning to “you can’t pick your family”. The heirs often listened to the manipulation of relatives and servants to whom they were close. These manipulation led to the fall of the Han and Roman Empires. Another factor in the fall of empires is the unbearable weight of …show more content…
The money that once supported the building of defensive walls and roads was no longer available. This allowed external enemies to loot and raid these empires. With the resources dwindling, the will to fight was depleting just as fast, forcing the empires to hire mercenaries to help defend the citizens. The Tang dynasty lost all of its treasury in mercenary payments. These mercenaries were barbaric and rude, unnerving the citizens with their behavior. This led to a lot of mistrust of the government and the decisions that the officials were making, which in turn, created a catalyst that escalated the fall of the Tang dynasty and many
The Mongolian Empire began in the central area of Asia around the 13th century. This empire grew and clans expanded to numerous regions across the Asian, European and African continents. This empire was able to gain these regions by means of conquest which quickly resulted in gains of power and influences across the world. Below I will further discuss how the Mongol conquest had global implications.
As you have read, many things attributed to the rise of the Empire. Many things also attributed to its fall as well. These included poor leadership, economic trouble, as well
Economic troubles were a major contribution to the fall of these empires. The economic troubles included taxation which was out of control at the time. In the Roman Empire, the taxes going up led to the poor being charged more and becoming unstable and unable to pay the taxes the government demanded. Which then led to the lower-class people to flee when rumored that the tax man was in the village. In the Han Dynasty also had tax money missing then would go to the lower- class and try to get their money but like in the Roman Empire the lower-class would also flee the countryside when rumored that the tax man was a certain village. This led to these empires to be financially short. Trade was also a contribution to the economic troubles these empires were having at the time. The Roman empire was affected by trade more than
But, they were incapable of doing this so, they ended up getting murdered so that the eunuch power and influence could remain in the empire (Zhi). But, besides corruption and military issues, there was also the problem of high taxes. In the Roman empire “heavier and heavier taxes were required to support the vast government bureaucracy and huge military establishment” (Ellis and Ester, 151) while the Han empire was “burdened by heavy taxes and crushing debt” (Ellis and Ester, 96). This problem led to the downfall because high taxes increased the chances of rebellion, which actually occurred in the Han empire. The corruption, military issues and taxes were both major aspects which contributed to the downfalls of the empires and they did so, by causing uncertainty in power an unstable support system, and increasing chances of rebellion.
There were frequent civil wars over the succession to the throne. This meant battles in the streets of Rome every few years which discouraged people to stay in Rome. Rival armies battled to have a commander chosen as emperor. Also, Rome had dealt with internal problems before but it had never dealt with so many problems at once. This is exactly what happened during the fall of Rome and the emperor and government didn't have the time or means to fix these issues.
The Qing Dynasty relied heavily on the effectiveness of its fighting forces. However, due to corruption and loss of skills the military began to crumble. Militarism, the use of army for political advantage, became very influential for a large
Throughout all this turmoil it is a wonder how the fall did not come any earlier. The turmoil caused the empire to weaken becoming more susceptible to attacks from bordering countries. And that’s exactly what happened. Some
Imagine you are in the Roman empire and about every year your emperor dies from either an assassination or suicide. Your military and government are starting to grow a plentiful amount of problems which are progressively getting worse leading to Rome's fall.The primary reasons for the fall of Rome were political assassinations, military problems, and foreign invasions.
The emperor ruled over everything and when this fell, the concept of one man ruling the world still remained. It was this aspiration to rule over everything that perpetuated the darkness of the times. Lords from all over Europe were engaged with each other in battles for land and power. This battle lasted centuries and it meant a constant drain of resources and a standstill in cultural growth.
Unlike he classical age Han Dynasty that was destroyed by rebellions of the poor, the classical age Roman Empire’s overreliance on slaves and a divided empire left them with no loyal citizens to extricate them from collapse. However, while the pair differs in their downfalls, both the Roman Empire and Han Dynasty collapsed due to bad leadership driven by greed for power and land that caused them to overextend their resources.
The weak Han government was an economic factor that influenced the process of dissolution. After ruling for around 400 years, taxes became too high for the people to pay and the government became corrupt. Because of this, the government was no longer centralized and unable to hold the dynasty together.
The largest and root cause for the collapse of the Roman Empire was its extensive and repeating military failures. The lack of recruiting, loyalty, and expansion ultimately caused an unstable balance of economy , government, and social classes, which brought down the empire. The economy was unable to expand its resources, due to the slow and ineffective efforts by the military to expand their territory.
Each of these seemingly invincible dynasties all went on to eventually “collapse” for a myriad of reasons.
First off, the main cause was the lack of political leadership in the empire.The leaders of the empire did not last very long they would last a short time but, then die because of assassination or dying in battle defending their empire. Then a new emperor would come into power and change the empire. The government did not control and the citizens did not follow the laws and rebelled.
The growing economic troubles that the Western Empire faced- The empire was constantly under attack by outside forces which resulted in crumbling financial troubles. Oppressive taxation and inflation widened the gap between the rich and poor. The wealthier members of