Emperor Wu of Han

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    Under Emperor Wu, Confucian way of thinking eventually became the pillars of the foundation of the Han Dynasty, and transformed Confucius into an uncrowned monarch from the traditional humble teacher that he was. As the official doctrine of the empire the Emperor was held to honor tradition, respecting the lessons of history, and had a responsibility to heaven. They embraced the Zhou based mentality on mandate of heaven to justify their rule and officials used that also to explain natural disasters

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    During Western Han dynasty Emperor Wu’s regent, he established monopolies on salt and iron. In the inner court of Emperor Zhao’s regent time (later Western Han), there is a debate about is it necessary to have monopolies at that time. In the time of Western Han dynasty, I believe monopolies is necessary, is good. Because money monopolies raise was used to defend borders with Xiongnu people, even though monopolies will make people greedy, but it was established because of Emperor Wu’s kindness to

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    Han China and Classical Rome When comparing Han China and Classical Rome, many political, geographical, and religious similarities can be found, though many differences are also prevalent. Though Roman and Han political structures both emphasized bureaucracies, they came to them quite differently. Through copious amounts of expansion, both societies spread culture and earned money, though expansion was eventually their downfalls. Their religions differed immensely, with Rome emphasizing polytheism

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    Name Instructor Course Date Herodotus and Sima Qian Introduction In this accessible writing, Thomas R. Martin makes a comparison of the writings of Sima Qian in historical China and those of Herodotus of ancient Greek. Primarily, the main theme of the author is to show a glimpse of the symbols of early history writing. Martin shows the related struggles that each contended with in the preparation of the historical accounts. Furthermore, it is also indicated that the two writing legends played a

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    Classical Societies: China, Athens, and Rome: Review of Social, Economic, Political, and Cultural Situations The three areas of classical civilizations developed their cultural beliefs, lifestyles, political institutions, and social structures. However, there were significant similarities among them. Patriarchal values thrived in these civilizations. The male dominated family structure with loyalty and obedience heavily stressed in China 's homes. Chinas Patriarchal society reinforced by Confucian

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    The transactional leadership was firstly talked and elaborated in 1947 by Max Weber and described more in 1981 by Bernard M. Bass. It is a style of leadership that leaders provides their subordinates with rewards or punishments. It can be called management theories. This style mainly encourages and directs subordinates or followers by providing incentives. The power of this leadership derives from the control, rules and regulation of companies. Particularly, managers use the transactional style.

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    The Roman Empire and Han Dynasty Comparisons Han Dynasty and Roman Empire have many cultural aspects including religious, geographical, and political similarities that can be compared, though many differences are also widespread during this era. The differences and similarities between these two civilizations are to be discussed in this essay. One might ask, Which civilization yielded the best economy during this era? The Roman Empire and the Han dynasty were bureaucracies. And both bureaucracies

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    Therefore, there were many similarities between the two empires, but they also contrasted in many ways. During the classical period the Han Dynasty in China and the Mauryan and Gupta Dynasties were similar culturally because women had few rights in both empires and they both made universities that were devoted to education. In addition, China and India both had strong emperors who were at the top of the social hierarchy. Despite the similarities, they differ culturally with the different advances in technology

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    The Han Dynasty

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    the smallest division in this era to have centrally appointed official.” “The founder of the Han Dynasty was Liu Bang.” He ruled from 202 BC to 195 BC. “Liu Bang was a commoner of peasant origin who would be known historically by his imperial title of Han Gaozu.” This made him one of the few dynasty creators in Chinese history to have emerged from peasant class to emperor. Before he became emperor he was a patrol officer. He used this to forge relationships with other officials in his country

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    when the founder, Sima Yan, forced the Emperor of the Kingdom of Wei (Cao Wei), to give over his throne in 265. This caused Sima Yan, also known as Emperor Wudi, to gain the throne that Cao Wei once maintained. In 269, Emperor Wudi began constructing a navy to imperialize the rest of the territory from the Han Empire, consisting of the Three Kingdoms. That same year, troops were sent by Sima Yan to attack the Kingdom of Wu. After defeating the Kingdom of Wu, the Jin Dynasty reunited the whole nation

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