and some Han page 76
CAP 106 -115 (varies)
Chapter 4 Rome and Greece

• Both lasted approximately 400 years
• Both had population of about 50 million

Han China built on earlier imperial traditions started by the Qin and Zhou
Rome was built on controlling aristocratic landlords and a certain element of democracy

Both emphasized territorial expansion
Roman Empire Han China

• Massive road building projects linked crucial parts of the empires
• Roads facilitated communication, economic activity, access to resources, and movement of military.

Mechanisms for political integration in the Roman Empire
• Literature – writers were eager to sing the praises of the emperor and the imperial system
• Bureaucracy less complex than Han, but greater emphasis on the legal system
• Monuments and triumphal processions played up the glory and grandeur of the empire itself and its rulers

The power of the central governments in Han China and Imperial Rome

• Ancient Rome had an
AGRICULTURAL, SLAVE-
BASED ECONOMY whose main purpose was to feed the vast number of citizens and legionaries who populated the
Mediterranean region.

• • The staple crops of Roman farmers in Italy were various GRAINS, OLIVES, and
GRAPES . OLIVE OIL and WINE

Rome used colonies to foster unity and integration throughout the Empire
• Colonies were smaller, basically military outposts not intended for population integration
• Latin was encouraged but never supplanted Greek in the east
• Expansion of Roman citizenship was emphasized
• Rome was content to establish looser control on provinces and rely on local autonomy

• Military was encouraged by both, but more so by Rome
• Rome known for tight discipline and organization of the infantry known as the legions

The decline of Imperial Rome
• A series of weak/incompetent emperors and invasions
• Once the western
Roman empire falls it will be remembered and borrowed from but never restored

hint: CAP 114

Rome India China
Reason for social inequalities
Justification for social Inequalities
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