Citizens in Han China could only contribute to the empire by becoming a bureaucrat, however, this positions was very limited and was open only to Confucian Scholars. Only rich aristocratic families could afford the education needed to become a Confucian scholar. This limited involvement led to the Yellow Turban Uprising, which was about the issue of land distribution. The ways in which these empires allowed their
Peasant rebellions began to arise. They received no benefits from the city; the city tried its best to remain separate from them. The Chinese then developed a justice system to stop the outbreaks of rebellions. The idea from the Chinese authority was that peace must keep intact. Many people did not agree with the authority they had over the people.
The government could not control all these invasions, so this was another component that helped the fall of the Roman Empire. Document 5 shows bias because it blames the fall of the civilization on internal decay. This is significant because if a very well organized government that had been able to keep order throughout such a large empire could no longer do it, then this meant nobody else could. All of these political
After 570 C.E. when the imperial structure was restored, Buddhism quickly gave way to criticism which ended in the eradication of Buddhism (As stated in documents 4 and 6). It is meaningful to stand out that the previous 6 documents were all written by scholars or the Emperor, so we don’t really know what the peasants and the majority of the Chinese population believed and thought about Buddhism. If there was an additional document written by a regular peasant which would probably state that they (peasants) accepted Buddhism due to their poor living conditions in their agricultural work, then it would be proven that the majority of China accepted Buddhism; while the rich (scholars and Emperor) rejected Buddhism because they thought it was a threat to their regime. When Buddhism reached China thanks to the construction of the Silk road during the first century C.E., the initial feeling among Chinese, or at least their scholars, was that of acceptance and admiration towards Buddhist monks.
One thing they had in comen was that they both had natural barriers separating them from other meager civilizations. Another major similarity was that religion played a big role in leaders staying in power because in china the Zhou claimed that gods gave them the through as long as they guided the people wisely and called their rule “mandate of the havens” and in Egypt it was believed that the pharah was a god on earth and he was son of Re. Finally another similarity is that they both depended on annual floods for the grouth of there crops. Differences: even doe Egypt and china have many things in common they also differ a lot. A way they differ is that Egypt has more of a dry flat land and china is mostly raised wet land.
As we saw in the video “Guns, Germs and Steel” with Professor Jared Diamond, we saw that the tribe’s lack of intelligence was not the case for developing more as a civilization. For example, we saw how the people of New Guinea lived. They used the resources they had around them in order to make food, clothing and weapons to help grow and succeed as a civilization. Not only this, but by having the children help at a young age made the tribe more successful in the way that everyone played a part in contributing to make their civilization stronger as a unit. Another reason that the civilizations might have not been successful could have been the weather and climate that they were to go through.
Because this time period was so early on, regions were not aware of technological advancements they could create; therefore, they did not possess many other items to trade. What changed, though, was the type of governments that were in control of the Silk Road during this time period. During the Era of Division, 300 regional kingdoms with different governments were in charge of the Silk Road, but the Sui dynasty took control of the Silk Road under one, large government. In addition, religion was frequently carried throughout the regions of the Silk Road. Buddhism came to China from India via the Silk Road, along the northern branch of the route.
Both cultures had rudimentary concepts of Mathematics and Medicine. They also both experienced huge floods Differences: Ancient Egypt had kings and pharaohs, Ancient China had emperors and queens. China didn't build any pyramids. In Egypt, people were buried with thought to preservation, as they believed that the dead would be able to use their bodies in the afterlife. Chinese burial style depended on the province as well as the main religion of the person.
Take for example someone who lives in China, although for us we think learning Chinese would be almost impossible and sometimes can not imagine ever speaking it, that is because it is what’s natural to them from an early age. People worldwide have different view points on life, speak different languages, act differently, have different morals, etc. since they grew up in different societies, so it would be the same for someone growing up in isolation. Growing up and adapting to a culture is both mental and social, and affects the way any person thinks. I find that survival would become anyones first priority and natural instinct.
This type of voting practice give the villages a false sense of expression, it gives them the thought that they do influence the outcome of their village. In China this is practiced only in rural villages and not in big cities like Beijing. Rural China consists of roughly two thirds of its population, almost 718 million people so people who live in the countryside play a huge role with this type of government. This is a strategy that the Chinese government has implaced to show the people that socialism does work and there is no need for change. This type of exercise can have one of two outcomes, one the village people will get a taste of voting and democracy and will demand more of political control and influence.