He even fixed prices so people could afford things, and the people of Rome loved Octavian. This eventually allowed the republic to turn into an empire and the people never protested because their lives were actually better now. Octavian began the Paxromana period, and had a very strong hold on the Mediterranean trade routes. He even had Roman stations all along the Silk Road. Culture traveled along the road, and religions like Buddhism and Christianity came about.
First, China adapted to Buddhism mainly but some were Christians. However, Confucianism influenced deeply through this time. It carried out the lifestyle of obedience in families and how everyone should act to be proper and polite. This philosophy proved out to be very popular during this time. It assisted to the culture creating a more intense culture.
He helped spread one of the world’s most popular religions, Buddhism, and established practices that still have a great impact for modern-day Indians. Asoka also placed stone edicts around his empire to educate people about Buddhism. Over his 30 years as ruler, he invaded Kalinga to gain more power and get richer, but later became Buddhist and spread it around the empire. Asoka was an enlightened ruler because he stopped being violent and started to help people, he influenced people in India, and spread Buddhism. First, Asoka was an enlightened ruler because he stopped being violent and started to help people.
The Han Empire stretched from the Pacific Ocean to the oases of Central Asia. They were the largest empires the world had yet seen, extending over a greater diversity of lands and peoples than the Assyrian and Persian Empires in the Middle East and the Mauryan Empire in India. Yet they were able to centralize control to a greater degree than the earlier empires, their cultural impact on the lands and people they dominated was more pervasive and they were remarkably stable and lasted for many centuries. Thousands of miles separated the empires of Rome and Han China; neither one influenced the other. Rome’s Creation of a Mediterranean Empire, 753 B.C.E.
With his determination Justinian was able to keep the Roman heritage and the Roman culture going for another thousand years. Justinian was a good ruler but had some defects in the way he ruled. Justinian was a good ruler because most of the things that he did were to please his people. One example of that was the completion of the Hagia Sophia in 537. The Hagia Sophia was a place people could go to honor and serve god.
Cyrus the great created a tolerant government around the Persian Empire. He incorporated an advanced administrative system around the Persian Empire to keeping his ranking respected by the worker, yet he wanted to show the respect he had for the people. He created the first ethical group by the principal of equal responsibilities and the right for the people. Cyrus had honoring belief in local religion, local custom (which is the characteristic of idiomatic speech, an ethical background that cannot be bear with change) and honoring belief in trading. And by which he stimulated the development of gold and silver coinage on the Lydian’s model.
Unlike the latter two however, Buddhism is not indigenous to China. It is a foreign import from northern India. As such it is representative of a strain in Chinese thinking that is receptive to accepting foreign ideas. (That said, some Buddhist doctrines were adapted in order to fit more successfully into the Chinese belief system.) Within five centuries of the opening of the Silk Road to Central Asia, Buddhism had become so prevalent in China that some scholars estimate as many as 90% of her population to have been converted to Buddhism.
How do we know this to be true?”. “ We have a religion that was given to us from our forefathers and has been handed down to our children. We worship in that way. It teaches us to be thankful for all the favors we receive; to love each other, and to be united. We never quarrel about religion.” “Brother, the Great Spirit has made us all, but He had made a great difference between his white and red children.
The period in the history of civilization after the decline of the river valley culture is known as the classical, it runs from 1000 B.C.E until the 5th century. These civilizations grew well beyond their roots, expanding their empires and developing complex technology and societies. Developments within each of these expanding civilizations mark a signification period in world history. Classical China and Classical India are one of the most unique early civilizations during the Classical Period. They are known for their contributions to its modern world.
This change brought about more benefit for both regions. It allowed both regions to thrive as it relates to the process of trading, and to help their respective region to advance and gain more resources to aid them in military events as well as their everyday lives. Inversely, this extension of areas of trade benefited the new area they were trading with, by aiding them in the advancement and industrialization of their country. So, this change really was beneficial (much like it was for the Silk Road in China), not only for the Mediterranean region and West Africa, but also for the region that they were now trading