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Classical Civilizations – Political Structures
The Dynasties and Empires
China QinHan
Persian Empire
India MauryanGupta
Greece/Alexander City-States of
Greece Alexander’s
Conquests
Roman Empire Republic & Empire
Greek City-States
Alexander’s Empire
Persian Empire
Han China
India
Some Similarities…
Centralized MonarchiesExceptions?
Bureaucracy (administrators, tax collectors, judges, governors, etc.)Most extensive?
TaxationReligion reinforced political
authorityExamples?
Other similarities . . .
Military conquest and
expansion of territory.
Central government sponsored public works projects
Relatively unified law code used throughout the empires.
Persia
Centralized Authority of an Absolute monarch… Emperor connected to the god Ahura Mazda &
extensive bureaucracy Ruled over 35 million people-respected diverse
cultural traditions of subject people Royal Road
Political Developments-Qin & Han
Strongest central authority
*Standardization Economic control -
iron, salt, and silk trade
Expansion of bureaucracy
Education and examination system created a scholar gentry class of government workers.
Mandate of Heaven Dynastic Cycle continued
Indian Political Developments
Central authority with “independent” regional rulers.
Caste structured society
Local trade unrestricted
Greece
Independent CITY-STATES Variety of governments including-
Monarchy & Democracy Little diversity in culture and religion Citizenship and SLAVERY
Greece
Why did Greece and Rome, that had forms of democracy, also have the most people held in slavery?
Alexander the Great expanded Greek Civilization for a short time.
Political Developments in the Roman Empire
1st a Republic, then a Empire w/ a monarch
Citizenship & Slavery
Strongest Law code
Political Developments in the Roman Empire Local rulers
maintained regional rule with Roman oversight
Diversity in religious beliefs and languages
Local trade relatively unrestricted – except for the trade of grains
The Collapse of Empire-Rome and Han China-The DifferencesRome No large scale,
centralized authority ever rules over W. Europe for any significant time…ever!
Han China After several hundred
years, a new dynasty emerges with a return to a single emperor, a bureaucracy selected by education and exams, and Confucian beliefs