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Roman & Chinese Empires


In chapter 3 I was intrigued by the conquering of Alexander the Great but what really caught my attention in the reading was about the comparison between the Roman and Chinese empires – mainly because they had “little to no direct contact with eachother”. The Roman empire was set for continuing to build new territories for their already large empire, and then you take a look at china and they were driven solely on restoring the old, such as building the Great Wall for not only protection but as a monument for the emperor’s grave. Although they had different views on what to do with land they conquered they both had one thing in common, and that was heavily relying on their brutal military, which is what made the two empires so powerful and resilient to battle. We see a much more centralized system in ruling towards different level of social classes and the military’s authority. However in the end both dynasty’s fell to an end.

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