classical civs political structures
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Classical Civilizations – Political Structures
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The Dynasties and Empires
China QinHan
Persian Empire
India MauryanGupta
Greece/Alexander City-States of
Greece Alexander’s
Conquests
Roman Empire Republic & Empire
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Greek City-States
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Alexander’s Empire
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Persian Empire
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Han China
India
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Some Similarities…
Centralized MonarchiesExceptions?
Bureaucracy (administrators, tax collectors, judges, governors, etc.)Most extensive?
TaxationReligion reinforced political
authorityExamples?
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Other similarities . . .
Military conquest and
expansion of territory.
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Central government sponsored public works projects
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Relatively unified law code used throughout the empires.
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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
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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.
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Mandate of Heaven Dynastic Cycle continued
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Indian Political Developments
Central authority with “independent” regional rulers.
Caste structured society
Local trade unrestricted
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Greece
Independent CITY-STATES Variety of governments including-
Monarchy & Democracy Little diversity in culture and religion Citizenship and SLAVERY
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Greece
Why did Greece and Rome, that had forms of democracy, also have the most people held in slavery?
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Alexander the Great expanded Greek Civilization for a short time.
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Political Developments in the Roman Empire
1st a Republic, then a Empire w/ a monarch
Citizenship & Slavery
Strongest Law code
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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
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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