Attitudes To Technology: The Han And Rome

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The Han and Roman both had very distinct attitudes towards technology. The Hans thought that technology was a good fit into the lifestyle they were in, for example, construction and laboring. On the other hand, Romans played such an important role with technology, for example, roads and aqueducts. Although, they had such great social structure they did not think very highly of technology in because they did not appreciate the lower class and they were the ones who made it all happen, which makes the views similar yet different.

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