KEY CONCEPT 2.2
An empire can be defined as a large collection of people across a large range of land that live under a common rule. Empires have long trade routes on land and coastline as well as taxes imposed on their people. Religion was also enforced and attacks from barbarians could be found. Governments included systems of central and local in order to maintain order along with armies in order to defend borders and keep peace.
Classical empires encompassed a fewer number of people than the Ancient Era. But, the Classical empires usually had larger empires. Empires in the ancient Era covered more land because they weren’t constrained to areas with surrounding rivers and riverbanks like the classical empires were. Imposing political unity …show more content…
It was outlawed by Cyrus the Great in Persia but continued to be there as a source of labor. Slavery was also used in the Han Dynasty as a source of …show more content…
(fathers first, sons second, mothers third, son’s wives last). Men usually dominated family structure in China and loyalty to the family was very important. Gender played a greater role than family structure in Persia and Rome. Men worked outside jobs to earn money and women stayed inside and took care of the family and work. Women married at a young age.
Classical empires fell due to external forces such as the Germanic tribes and steppe raiders outside of the Han Dynasty. Invasions occurred. Moral decline was another reason for the decline of Empires. Weakness was created when empires grew comfortable with their lives of luxury. This weakness could not hold up against outside forces. Another reason would be their main beliefs from when they were growing like Roman soldiers losing pride in fighting for their state and instead cared only about money which caused weaker defenses.
Social weaknesses led to a decline in the Classical Empires, such as the Roman emperors which became materialistic and increased taxes on the poor while rich did not have to pay taxes. Lack of inclusiveness and over extension of the empires led to environmental causes for the decline of the empires. Empires became hard to defend and more money was used to keep outsiders out which hurt the economy and weakened the
An empire can be defined as a large collection of people across a large range of land that live under a common rule. Empires have long trade routes on land and coastline as well as taxes imposed on their people. Religion was also enforced and attacks from barbarians could be found. Governments included systems of central and local in order to maintain order along with armies in order to defend borders and keep peace.
Classical empires encompassed a fewer number of people than the Ancient Era. But, the Classical empires usually had larger empires. Empires in the ancient Era covered more land because they weren’t constrained to areas with surrounding rivers and riverbanks like the classical empires were. Imposing political unity …show more content…
It was outlawed by Cyrus the Great in Persia but continued to be there as a source of labor. Slavery was also used in the Han Dynasty as a source of …show more content…
(fathers first, sons second, mothers third, son’s wives last). Men usually dominated family structure in China and loyalty to the family was very important. Gender played a greater role than family structure in Persia and Rome. Men worked outside jobs to earn money and women stayed inside and took care of the family and work. Women married at a young age.
Classical empires fell due to external forces such as the Germanic tribes and steppe raiders outside of the Han Dynasty. Invasions occurred. Moral decline was another reason for the decline of Empires. Weakness was created when empires grew comfortable with their lives of luxury. This weakness could not hold up against outside forces. Another reason would be their main beliefs from when they were growing like Roman soldiers losing pride in fighting for their state and instead cared only about money which caused weaker defenses.
Social weaknesses led to a decline in the Classical Empires, such as the Roman emperors which became materialistic and increased taxes on the poor while rich did not have to pay taxes. Lack of inclusiveness and over extension of the empires led to environmental causes for the decline of the empires. Empires became hard to defend and more money was used to keep outsiders out which hurt the economy and weakened the