During the classical age, empires and dynasties conquered many large territories. These empires and dynasties included the Roman Empire and the Han Dynasty. In a result of expanding their territories, the Roman Empire and the Han Dynasty had wealth and power. All goods must come to an end, as these empires and dynasties suffered a disastrous collapse. The collapse of the Roman Empire and the Han Dynasty were more similar than different because their collapse were caused by internal problems within the government and their lack of beliefs in their leaders.…
What caused Rome to fall? At the beginning of the Roman Empire the empire was powerful and rich. But as time went by the emperors became careless and selfish. The Roman Empire slowly started falling. Rome fell because they had untrained soldiers, foreign invasions, diseases, and natural disasters.…
The fall of one of the largest empires in the world was tragic to the people who lived there. Rome was so powerful and great, no one thought that they would ever lead into a great decline, that would end the empire. Rome was feared and strong, how could Rome fall so quickly without warning? This happened because the empire grew too quickly, their army became weak, and they never had a stable government. When Rome was at its highest peak in population and size, the borders became too hard to maintain.…
Between 200 BCE and 200 CE, the two leading empires in the world were China and Rome, due to their widespread and rapidly expanding territories. Both empires expanded significantly throughout the span of their empires. To control such vast areas, Rome and China implemented comparable practices, yet significantly different. The Chinese government was much more centralized and bureaucratic, when being compared to Rome. In governing such extensive territories, bureaucratic and legal considerations overthrew individual necessities.…
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.…
Rising above all places with strength and large amounts of conquered land, is Rome . The once sturdy place of Rome , fell due to various reasons. What were some primary reasons for the fall of the Roman Empire? Political Instability as well as civic and economic decay caused the fall of the Roman Empire. Although both of those helped aid the fall for Rome the main cause for the fall was the military mistakes.…
The Han Dynasty of China from 206 B.C.E-220 C.E. and the Imperial Roman Empire from 31 B.C.E-474 C.E., are two well known classical empires. They both contained many similarities and differences between their imperial administrations. In the Classical Period, the Han Dynasty & Imperial Rome both used their governments to establish a state religion and centralized bureaucracy. However, one major difference was that while the Han was a family dynasty, Rome was a republic. Under the rule of the Han family, and under the rule of Theodosius & Constantine, the Han and Rome established state religions.…
Rome was one of the world’s most magnificent cities and greatest civilizations in history. Creation of law, democratic government practices, influences in language, art, infrastructure, city-planning,and the spread of Christianity are areas of influences that Roman Empire had on the world today. But in 476 C.E., Roman Empire fall and the most important reasons for the fall of the Roman Empire was because of political causes. Constantine split the empire into two parts:the western and the eastern in 330 C.E caused the fall of empire.…
9. Several factors combined to lead to the fall of the Classical Empires. External forces, such as the Germanic tribes and steppe landers outside of the Han dynasty, were jealous of Classical Empire wealth. This led them to invade these empires, which were weakened by being so spread out. Empires also declined because of moral decline, as empires grew comfortable with their lives of luxury.…
The Roman Empire was a great and powerful force that influenced many other civilizations after it fell, but before and leading up to its decline it faced many problems. The Empire fell due to the cause of internal and external problems: unstable economics, weakened political and government structure, and ineffective military. These problems show that In document 1, it states that inside the empire the few citizens believed that “the old civilization was worth saving [anymore].” The Roman’s did not feel the pride or morale that they did earlier in the empire, and as they were slowly “excluded from political responsibilities” it led to social inequality and when they could no longer protect themselves there was no chance to rebuild from the…
The Roman Empire was one of the largest empires in the world. Growing and expanding from Spain to Asia. But sadly, everything has an end. Three topics that contributed to the downfall of the Roman Empire were bad emperors and leadership, illnesses, and invaders. Bad emperors contributed to the downfall of Rome because the Roman empire was not being ruled properly.…
The Roman Republic was indeed a prosperous civilization with advancements in literature, poetry, and architecture, but after an unfortunate series of bad rulers and growing barbarian and Germanic tribe power, the Roman Republic declined and eventually split. A desire for military superiority could also be attributed to the fall of the Roman Republic in taking too much land and spreading troops too thin across their borders. A few select leaders partially paused the Roman Republic decline, but the internal damage was already too severe that a fall would be inevitable. The start of the fall began around after Sulla retired in 81 BC, Crassus and Pompey both fought for the consulship. Pompey then proceeded to make a name for himself in fighting…
China went into political chaos before the end of the Han dynasty in 220 CE. Both of the Empires’ falls could be blamed on weak government and loss of political control, further proving just what a vital component it is to any…
Two prosperous empires that exceeded in developing trade, creating new inventions, and leaving a legacy behind collapsed. How could such a prosperous empire fall? The western Roman empire and the Han dynasty both collapsed during the classical era for similar and contrasting reasons. The fall of both empires occurred due to internal pressures like epidemic diseases, economic and social issues while external problems like invasions and nomads taking place at the same time. After both empires collapsed, the regions faced change in their culture like the spread of Buddhism and Christianity and adaptation to the previous empires customs.…
In the text titled, “Reasons for the Fall of the Roman Empire”, the fall of Rome was caused by bad leadership, too much government spending and health and safety issues. If the United States were to face these issues it would fall. First, according to the article one reason for the fall of Rome is the effects of lead poisoning, the article states “Romans consumed dangerous amounts of lead...lead poisoning can lead to serious health issues such as memory loss, numbness in arms and legs, and even vision and hearing loss.” In america today some cities like Flint, Michigan have an unhealthy amount of lead in their water. I know this because last year we did a small project on it, so if more cities in america experience problems with lead in their…