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Comparative Study of Roman Empire and Qin Dynasty
- 1 Guangzhou Tianhe Huijing Experimental School, Huijing Street, Guangzhou, China
- 2 Sendelta International Academy, Xinsha Road, Shenzhen, China
- 3 Milton Academy, 170 Centre St, Milton, United States
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Abstract
Rome is a great empire centered on the Mediterranean Sea and spanning Europe, Asia, and Africa. After the republic system collapsed, the political and economic markets of the Roman Empire underwent various changes, while the cultural and foreign policies remained unchanged. The Qin Dynasty, the representative of the eastern empire, was the first unified feudal dynasty in ancient China. This paper presents a comparative study of Rome and the Qin Dynasty from the aspect of politics, economy, culture, and foreign policies. Roman’s political power was concentrated and spread out, as the power was controlled by the Senate and the Roman emperor. Meanwhile, the power within the Qin dynasty was highly concentrated in the hands of the emperor. Roman Culture is centered around religion, while the culture of the Qin dynasty is quite different. The mainstream thought was legalism, so the influence of religion was very tiny in the Qin Empire. Roman had a diverse economy, but the Qin dynasty implemented land nationalization, controlled commercial activities, and unified market management. Rome’s foreign policy was complex, and they used multiple tactics to deal with different nations, while the Qin Dynasty’s foreign policy aimed to resist foreign enemies. For example, the Qin Dynasty built the Great Wall, whose primary function was to resist the Huns.
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Comparative study, Roman Empire, Qin Dynasty
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Hong,R.;Liu,J.;Xu,J. (2023). Comparative Study of Roman Empire and Qin Dynasty. Communications in Humanities Research,4,367-374.
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