Essays on Han Dynasty

Document Based Question During the period of political instability after the fall of the Han Dynasty around the year 220 C.E. China was exposed to Buddhism, a religion and a lifestyle that questioned some of the Confucianist ideals. As Confucianism was the main religion in…

During the Classical Era, the Roman Empire and Han Dynasty emerged as two formidable forces in a world of conquest and empire-building. While Rome and Han China had similar methods of imperial consolidation concerning their patriarchal societies and upper-classes, the two differed greatly in their…

Han and Roman attitudes, though structurally different, share a positive perspective on technological advances. Han China embraced technology with little to no opposition, gaining popularity with both high ranking officials and the general citizenry alike whereas Roman society grudgingly accepted technology with an air of…