THE
HAN AND ROMAN EMPIRES: STABILITY AND ORDER
In
class, we have studied the development of two contemporary empires, Rome and
Han China. Both empires were able to promote
political stability for hundreds of years in the lands they controlled. In the process, they spread their
culture. One way that order and
stability was pursued was through military strategy. Both the Romans and the Han created huge land
empires.
To
complete each assignment below, use the links at the bottom of the page, as
well as information from your textbook.
You will need this information to write a comparative essay later in the
week…maybe.
Assignment #1:
Study maps of both empires.
Compare and contrast the geographical scope of each. What did they have in common? What are some of the differences? (Hint: study
the geographical features) How much ethnic diversity was there in each
empire? How did the empires secure their
borders? How the Romans and Han Chinese
promoted military security.
Assignment #2: The Romans and the Han Chinese
also shared many of the same strategies in promoting the authority of the
central government. Both political
systems gave broad powers to emperors.
Each system had many methods of promoting the emperor’s authority. How did each empire promote the authority of
the emperor? What were the emperors
expected to do for the empire? Why were
people supposed to submit to their authority?
Assignment #3: Through the political office
of the emperor, the Romans and the Han Chinese were able to centralize the
power of the central government. Read
the information on the websites for assignment 3. Using the broad powers of these specific
emperors, how were these two able to strengthen the power of the central
government? How did they use this power
to promote order and stability? What did
they do?
Sites for assignment #1
- Trade
routes and Great Empires of the 1st Century
- Map of
the Roman Empire
- Map of
the Han Empire
- Tour of
Desert Fort
- Hadrian’s Wall
- Via
Appia
- Han
Dynasty Military
- "Peoples
and Kingdoms of the Roman World, 526 [C.E.]" (Scroll down to Map 1.9)
Sites for assignment #2
Sites for assignment #3
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