2. The Dynasties and Empires
China
Qin
Han
Persian Empire
India
Mauryan
Gupta
Greece/Alexander
City-States of
Greece
Alexander’s
Conquests
Roman Empire
Republic & Empire
13. 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
14.
15. Political Developments-Qin & Han
Strongest central
Expansion of
authority
bureaucracy
*Standardization
Economic control -
iron, salt, and silk
trade
Education and
examination
system created a
scholar gentry
class of
government
workers.
17. Indian Political Developments
Central
authority with
“independent”
regional rulers.
Caste
structured
society
Local trade
unrestricted
18. Greece
Independent CITY-STATES
Variety of governments including-
Monarchy & Democracy
Little diversity in culture and religion
Citizenship and SLAVERY
19. Greece
Why did Greece and Rome, that had forms
of democracy, also have the most people
held in slavery?
22. Political Developments in the Roman
Empire
1st a Republic, then
a Empire w/ a
monarch
Citizenship &
Slavery
Strongest Law
code
23. 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
24. The Collapse of Empire-Rome and
Han China-The Differences
Rome
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