Similarities Between Han China And Rome

The Han dynasty and Roman Empire were two extremely powerful and successful empires. Each had useful government systems that differed from each other. Roads were also a similarity between both the Han Dynasty and Roman Empire. Also, both The Han Dynasty and the Roman Empire crashed and ended for similar reasons as well. The Han Dynasty and Roman Empire had differing government systems but were related in the fact that they each built and used road systems for trade, and their empires fell because they had the same problems.
Each empire had their own form of government. In the Han Dynasty, legalism was used. Legalism was a strict form of government, but it wasn’t used as strictly as it was used in the previous dynasty. The Han also used confucianism for education and government. The goals for their empires government were to have one centralized government and to continue expansion. With the Romans, it was different. In …show more content…
In the Han empire, the roads were called The Silk Roads. On the Silk Roads, people traded things like spices and Chinese silk. The roads linked Central Asia, India, and the Roman Empire all together making trade easier and getting new goods easier as well. Trade on water was another way to get goods and then Han empire traveled the Indian ocean to do so. Just like the Han, the Roman empire too had their own roads. Roads in Roman territory were used for trade as well. On Roman roads, agricultural goods were usually traded. These roads helped merchants make good money and in general united the Roman Empire. Romans used water trade too and they used the Mediterranean sea for that. Both empires flourished economically because of their road systems and trade. The two Empires traded using bodies of water too making them similar. Each empire traded because they each knew that there were goods that were needed and not accessible and the money the would make made the roads all worth the money they spent on