peaked at 60 million and fell to 45 million by 600 C.E. Though also invaded by Hun tribes, a more influential cause of the decline of Han China came from corruption in the government impacted all Chinese citizens. As emperors became weak in will and power, military generals drew more power. Peasants grew angry with taxes unpaid be corrupted officials, and in 184 C.E., a group known as the Yellow Turban rebellion confronted Han government. Even after its fall, the Roman Empire maintained an influence over future civilizations.
The ramifications of Rome’s expansions and rise to power were the inevitable fall of the republic and rise of the empire. Although other factors contributed to the fall of the republic, such as the reign of Julius Caesar, most of the reasons for this monumental switch are rooted in the Punic Wars. As the boundaries of Rome’s jurisdiction spread over the Mediterranean in the second and third century BCE, the senate proved to be inept at adjusting its method of governing. Richard Edwin Smith explains in The Failure of the Roman Republic that Rome, by means of the Punic Wars, became a powerful state in the Mediterranean world without fully realizing it. While Rome may have grown during this period, he says, “there was no change in her mental outlook to correspond to her changed position” (Smith, 50).
Invasions hit both empires hard. For Rome, rebellions in the Eastern part of the empire started riots all over the entire civilization, which caused a great amount of mayhem and chaos. Also, Rome fell directly to Germanic invaders. In China however, nomadic tribes similar to the Huns had actually invaded the empire. Way before these invasions though, the weak central government of both empires started the declines of these empires.
Furthermore, the Later Han emperors were unable to prevent the development of factions at court that paralyzed the central government. Factions within the ranks of the ruling elites sought to increase their influence, protect their own interests, and destroy their rivals. On several occasions in the 2nd century, relations between the various factions became so strained that they made war against each other. Because of these unmeasured violence, the Later Han dynasty reached a point of internal weakness from which it could not easily recover. In fact, in 220 C.E., the central government disintegrated, and for almost 4 centuries China remained divided into 3 large regional kingdoms.
The Roman Republic was facing internal problems that would cause it to ultimately collapse into the Roman Empire. Including social unrest between the classes and military entering into politics, among other reasons, the Roman Republic crumbled under itself and gave way to the beginning of new government. A second triumvirate ended with civil war and the Republic was over; however, Octavian created the Roman Empire in its place. Because of the stabilizing government, strong legal system and increasing trade, the Pax Romana was able to remain tied together for about 210 years. The Roman Republic was struggling to remain in power but the social unrest was a not a helping factor in helping the Republic to last for a while longer.
The Decline and fall of the Roman Empire June 17, 2012 Liberty University HIEU 201 The Roman Empire was at one time the most powerful empires in the world. Although this empire was once powerful, many events took place that caused the fall and decline of the Roman Empire. Rome’s republican institution which was designed for city-state, proved incapable of coping with the problems that were created by the conquest of a world empire (Perry et al, 2009). According to the presentation “Roman Empire,” the decline and fall of the Roman Empire was a long slow process with one problem leading to another in a downward spiral. The downward spiral began with the degeneration of the army that weaken the defenses and made them more vulnerable to Germanic invasions.
When Philip of Macedon conquered Greece in 1338 B.C.E., Greeks did not feel the gods had deserted them. They simply believed that Philip for all his power and glory, was just one more tool in the hands of the Olympians. When he was assassinated in 336, only two years after his dramatic triumph, his new subjects nodded knowingly to one another: the gods had grown tired of him. These sorts of intriques, of course, would have been typical among the gods, and therefore familiar to both Greeks and Macedonians. Ruling the former Persian Empire turned out to be more difficult than defeating it.
However during the middle ages this all seemed to come crashing down, due to civil wars and peoples push for power over the entire Empire. During this time most of the reforms and finding in education seemed to have been lost or destroyed by leaders. By doing this the entire Roman Empire fell and was destroyed. It would take more time after this to relearn everything lost. The Roman Empire went from an elite civilization down into a bunch of warring people fighting for land.
The Reasons for the Fall of the Roman Empire The Roman Empire reigned for roughly five hundred years, a time period around twenty-seven B.C. to four hundred and seventy-six A.D. Throughout the reign of the Roman Empire, it would be full of plenty and poverty before ultimately spiraling to its downfall. Rome fell for an extraordinary amount of reasons, and the majority of these reasons were due to the immaturity and lack of respect and self-control within the roman upper class and royalty. Despite the fact that the Roman Empire could have fallen from diseases, famine or disasters the majority of the reasons would actually result from the people, upper class and religion.
In 476, the collapse of the Europe Empire was far more sever than the Han dynasty and the Byzantine Empire because the Europe dynasty was more elaborate and established. When the empire fell, it was long and carried out. Proceeding to the collapse The Europe Empire experienced huge plagues, invasions, bankruptcy, and political chaos. The Europe Empire was also made up of many more diverse cultures, and different people. When the government collapsed these different peoples divided creating new languages with it.