The Causes And Fall Of The Han And The Roman Empire

Although the foundation of both empires was built upon political integration, their organization of government differed. The Han Dynasty’s centralized power and administration was based on a bureaucratic system while the Roman Empire’s imperial power was based on a one-man sovereign. In order to improve Chinese society, which was under tyrannical rule under the Qin Dynasty, the Han Empire centralized their government with the synthesis between an imperial family and the new scholar-gentry class under a bureaucratic system. By securing power to overthrow the Qin Dynasty, Liu Bang provided lands to those military supporters who helped with the task. From the land grants given, the royal families and supporters were entitled

Contributions of both the fall of the Han Dynasty and the Western Roman empire were very common. For example, both the Han Dynasty and the Western Roman empire fell because of economic issues such as corruption. The great empires also fell because of diseases such as small pox and malaria. In fact, when the Han Dynasty and the Western Roman empire traded goods, they also traded the diseases to one another. Along with economy corruption the Han Dynasty and the Western Roman empire also fell because of their corrupt leaders. In contrast, the Han Dynasty fell due to weak tax collectors, too many people and too little land, plus many revolts. Western Rome fell because of unemployment, not enough people to do necessary jobs, and the idea that the people could create their own government and take over the existing government.

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 Han Empire chose to overtax the overwhelmingly large peasant class which instigated an enormous peasant rebellion led by the Yellow Turbans, a Daoist religious sect who opposed the over taxation of peasantry and attempted to form a “Golden Age”. In the Roman Empire, taxation slowly became a thing of the past, as the Romans decreasing population failed to pay taxes at all during hard times. As the Roman population decreased due to famine, disease, and the upper classes producing less offspring due to their quest for a pleasure-seeking life, soldiers were becoming scarcer, and the overall economy declined. Factors such as taxing and nomadic invasions weakened both societies economically, though both civilizations dealt with taxing differently, causing different effects.

Each empire has its own unique strengths and differences that aid in their emergence, growth, and decline. While there are many differences between empires, there are fundamental similarities that are common throughout every society. The Han, Mauryan, and Roman Empires all have different strengths and differences, but are fundamentally the empires are similar in their primary doctrines.

For about 200 years, the Roman Empire was thriving in a time called the Pax Romana. It was a time with emperors that brought peace, order, unity and prosperity throughout all of its conquered land. However, like with any great empire, problems arise and lead to its downfall. Many different factors contributed to its fall, both from in the empire and outside it. However, most of the downfall of the Roman Empire was caused from within, through its political corruption, economic problems and a lack of their previous social values, the Roman Empire fell into a decline which lead to their end.

One necessary part of any large empire like the Roman empire or the Han dynasty is an organized power structure. Both the Romans and the Han had similar power structures in some functions, but they differed in ideologies and emphasis on roles of the power structure which accounts for the differences in success of integration. The ruler of the Roman and Han empires were emperors who had absolute control over every aspect of the empire. For the success of these two empires, a bureaucracy was

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

An additional cause for the fall of the Roman Empire was the constant change in emperors. The document says, “For the next forty-nine years , the Roman imperials throne was occupied by anyone military strength to seize it -- a total of twenty-two emperors.”(Doc 1, 3-5). In short this means that they would let anyone with military experience came to power. The effect of the decision is that the majority of the emperors either died in battle or was assassinated . The Empire didn’t have a stable leader which is why the Empire fell. They needed a leader that would stay in power for a long time to keep the Empire from breaking into chaos. This compares to the Han Dynasty because they also didn’t have stable emperors which caused the society

In fact, many of the same factors played heavily in the eventual collapse or power change of the empires. For example, internal issues such as disease and corruption dramatically affected both. Both the Han Dynasty and the Roman Empire suffered from political issues in their declines. Corrupt bureaucracies that did nothing to hinder the deterioration of the state plagued both the Empires. The Roman Empire’s major political failure is the Empire’s inability to choose effectively the proceeding emperor, which resulted in a series of poor leaders. In reaction to this, the military attempted to intervene, only to fail to resolve anything, worsening the situation more than before. An example of the military’s unsuccessful intervention was an auction of the throne. This meant that the throne did not to a leader capable of running an Empire, but to a crazy, profligate man who focused more on partying than leading.

Han China (206 B.C.E -220C.E) and Imperial Rome (31 B.C.E-476 C.E) empires have both left big marks on our world and the way we view it today. Throughout history, these empires tried to create something that stood out. Though both were in different parts of the world, they both seemed to run their government in the same type of fashion with a few differences that made their empire the best for them. Although, they had a difference in slavery roles, they seem to fall under the similarities of leadership styles, social orders, and world influence.

The Han and the Romans were both ruled by one man, and that man would have absolute power over anything that could or would happen. When elites of Imperial Rome decided that Julius Caesar should be removed from this position, Julius used his own army to attack the people of Rome. People began to abhor Julius and his doings. Just like Julius Caesar, emperors of the Han had absolute power. Despite there being a king and governors of country inside of the dynasty’s region, they would always have to abide to the emperors rules.

The Roman and Han empires dominated their respective regions by the end of the third century CE. These empires share characteristics of their development, as well as conditions that contributed to their eventual decline. Like many early civilizations, both the Han and Romans based their economies on agricultural production. Improvement in agriculture led to a boom in population and expansion of the civilizations from small homogenous nations into the large multiethnic empires celebrated in history. Both of these empires maintained a strong emphasis on the family as the basic social unit, even organizing political power through family lines. The decline and subsequent fall of the Han and Roman empires can be attributed to political fragmentation