Compare The Qin Dynasty To The Decline Of The Tang Dynasty

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In the Dynastic cycle, the Tang and Qin Dynasties of ancient China showed similar periods of Decline. The Tang and the Qin dynasty's are very different from each other, but at the same time, they do have some similarities during the period of decline.

The first explanation of how the dynasties of Ancient China are different is during the period of decline the Tang dynasty got selfish and ignored the need of the poor. They did provide for them and let them suffer under their power. This was different from the Qin dynasty because the Qin dynasty forced their people to work and build around China. Hundreds and thousands of people died of starvation or exhaustion while building in China. The Qin dynasty didn't care that the people were died and
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They didn't care about their people because they were focusing on their luxuries. This was very similar to the Qin dynasty because Qin dynasty didn't care about their people at some point too. They did this because they were more focused on the building of China almost like the Tang dynasty. Another explanation of how the Tang dynasty is similar to the Qin dynasty is that both dynasties seemed to weaken after a while not paying attention to the economy's wants. For example, the Qin dynasty weakened because of all the hard work and building. This caused the economy to decline by all the people dying under the Qin's control. This was similar to the Tang dynasty in the period of decline because the Tang dynasty focused of their luxuries since this happened the economy started to weaken. This happened because the Tang overlooked their people and didn't provide the needs that they needed. The last example of why the dynasties are the same is because of the people that were dying under their control. They both overlooked the people of China. The Tang dynasty didn’t care if the people died because he cared more about his prize possessions as a ruler. The Qin dynasty let the people of China die while building the wall. They too overlooked their people and didn't care if they died. As you can see the Qin and the Tang

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