Roman Empire and Han Dynasty Comparison

The Roman Empire and Han Dynasty sprang up at around the same time. The Roman Empire was essentially everything that touched the Mediterranean while the Han took over much of China. Obviously, differences in culture, tradition, and location caused them to be different in ways; but even though these empires did not really have contact with one another, there were many similarities. These similarities and differences will be discussed in religion and culture, economy and society, and government and military as well as the effect these areas had on how each was ruled.
A person’s religion and traditions can have a lot to do with decisions they make, even when it comes to ruling an empire. In both Han China and Rome, the same values of respect, piety, duty, and honor were stressed. A powerful patriarch headed fa

amilies. The main religion in Rome was Christianity. China’s largest religions were Confucianism and Buddhism. While picking in an emperor in Rome had little to do with faith, the Chinese believed in the Mandate of Heaven. In China, there were Confucian beliefs going around, but there still was not much thinking. In contrast, Rome had many famous philosophers. The philosophy easily blended in with Christianity.

The main downfall for Rome and China was defense. China was ahead of Rome in that Confucianism helped restore its brilliance. Rome created many new ways of thinking, but none had to do with politics. Even with the distance, Rome and China had numerous similarities. Running large areas such as these is no easy task and each found very good ways to do it that were surprisingly alike