Compare And Contrast Han China And Rome

The Roman Empire and the Han Dynasty were among the most prosperous empires in world history, sharing alike qualities, positive and negative. Both had extraordinary developments and advances, but also sharing qualities that found themselves descending to a collapse.

The Roman and Han empires thrived economically in trade. Less trade due to pirates along trade routes weakened the amount of taxes returning to the government. In addition to trade, raising taxes evenly weakened both empires. In Rome, the peasants going to landowners for protection because they weren’t obligated to pay taxes affected commerce by making the taxes rise, resulting in inflation. Peasants during this became infuriated with the rise in taxes and began to rebel in China. In Rome officials struggled to eradicate religion during this time. Nomads attacked the peripheries of …show more content…
During war times it was exceptionally complex to rule the new territories. A substantial amount of money was spent trying to control frontiers. Rome was importing goods from its colonies, but wasn’t exporting as regular and this generated an imbalance of trade. The colonies no longer relied on Rome for trade. Merchants now required more money because of the effects of inflation. The downfall of Rome could also be blamed on the problem of succesion. After the death of an emperor, generals fought with each other for sovereignty. The authority of Rome was drastically lessened and the law was practically diminished. Moreover, the Han had various reasons for their recession. The court had become weak, with disinterested emperors who remained entirely for pleasure. The Han had immense amounts of trouble with the economy. As a result of peasants actions during these times, the central government was short on money. A significant issue was the absence of protection around China’s borders from barbarians looking to take