Classical Civs - Intro & Political Developments
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The document summarizes the major political developments of classical civilizations including China, India, Persia, Greece, and Rome. It notes that China saw the rise and fall of dynasties like the Qin and Han which established centralized authority and bureaucracy. India experienced rule by empires like the Mauryans which allowed some regional autonomy. Persia, Greece, and Rome developed powerful empires through military conquest and expansion with governing structures like absolute monarchy, republics, and democracy co-existing with slavery and diversity.
Classical Civs - Intro & Political Developments
- 1. Classical Civilizations – Political Developments
- 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
- 8. Some Similarities… Centralized Monarchies Exceptions? Bureaucracy (administrators, tax collectors, judges, governors, etc.) Most extensive? Taxation Religion reinforced political authority Examples?
- 9. Other similarities . . . Military conquest and expansion of territory.
- 10. Central government sponsored public works projects
- 12. Relatively unified law code used throughout the empires.
- 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
- 15. 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.
- 16. Mandate of Heaven Dynastic Cycle continued
- 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?
- 20. Alexander the Great expanded Greek Civilization for a short time.
- 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