Similarities Between Ancient India And Ancient China

The river valley civilizations, ancient Egypt and China, were major cities with vast power and influence in the ancient world. Along came large and complex social structures, economics, and cultures. All three of those have similarities and differences between the two civilizations that greatly impacted the course of human history.

When comparing Han China and Classical Rome, many political, geographical, and religious similarities can be found, though many differences are also prevalent. Though Roman and Han political structures both emphasized bureaucracies, they came to them quite differently. Through copious amounts of expansion, both societies spread culture and earned money, though expansion was eventually their downfalls. Their religions differed immensely, with Rome emphasizing polytheism and Han China focusing on Confucianism. The differences and similarities between these two civilizations are to be discussed in this essay.

When comparing The Shang River civilization (China) The Nile River civilization (Egypt) during the Bronze Age there were similarities and differences. Politically, they were similar and different because both governments were a dynasty and they governed their lands differently socially they were similar and different because both civilizations had distinct social classes and they had differences when it came to women’s rights. However, based on close observation (or close analysis) Ancient Egypt was more successful.

Greece and India both have a very similar foundation from the way their civilization began, especially from the people from the “grasslands of Eurasia,” who were called the Aryans in India and the Dorians in Greece. All together the Eurasian people brought over horses, unique ethnicities, and more advanced technology, while the Aryans brought chariots and the Dorians brought tools, weapons and iron (Document 1). Even though they had similar starts, Greece and India went about completely different ways of organizing their social and political systems.

Han China and Imperial Rome had many similarities. First of all, they both were extremely firm believers of a religion. Along with that, both of the religions originated in the particular area of their believers. Next, both places relied on slaves. Slaves were always the lower class of people who did the dirty jobs. Just as we think of them in today's society, no one wanted to be a slave and it was considered the worst occupation to be a slave. Also, Imperial Rome and Han China had a couple very powerful emperors. The emperors were the leaders of that specific region and in charge of making good decisions for the area and running a powerful government. While each territory had some very good leaders, they also experienced periods of problem

The biggest class in China was peasants, while Roman’s primes class was patricians. Because Rome’s peasant population wasn’t nearly as large as China’s, they depended heavily on slaves for their. Rome’s population was made up of about forty percent slaves and China around less than ten percent. Rome used slaves to produce goods and build new things, while China had enough slaves to cover those needs. The reason slaves didn't pick up as heavily in China as they did Rome was because slave owners in china were heavily taxed per every slave they owned therefore most people didn't bother. Because that tax did not occur in Rome, the wealthy enjoyed the carefree life of slave

In many aspects, Han China and Imperial Rome were politically and socially similar yet very different. Each civilization has made great, influential ecological and technological advancements that has helped the formation of many societies and polices. The Han dynasty of China and Imperial Rome were similar in their method of maintaining a stabilized military and a centralized government but they both differed in government techniques and the roles the citizens played. Although the Han dynasty was ruled by an aristocrat and was based on the beliefs of Confucianism, Taoism and local gods and Roman Empire was an autocratic and polytheistic society where it was were ruled by one absolute power and believed in many gods, they both had different level of social

Social order, the fundamental concept that outlines the way that social structures and cultural aspects like beliefs and values come together in order to maintain order in a society. Both Vedic India and Ancient China established a stratified structure that served as an outline to maintaining social order within their civilizations. Those that were in the high class had their spot at the top of the pyramid while others like the working class were at the lowest of the pyramid.

Han China (206 BCE- 220CE) has a rounded out political and intellectual structure and the Mauryan/Gupta India (320BCE-550CE) had their period of political stability. These empires had their differences especially politically. They were different in the ways of their bureaucracy and ideology and similar in their political centralization. In bureaucracy, they were different because China had a more improved bureaucracy than India’s. In their ideology India was more towards Buddhism, while China had an emphasis on Confucianism.

The Chinese Empire is a land of innovation, mystery, culture, and art. From mysterious trade partners to military expansionists, the Chinese people have faced a constant evolution of change over their vast history. China’s innovative and advanced mindset has made the West wonder in awe for centuries, and it is difficult to realize that, unlike the West, the East has been the center of technological and industrial advancements for centuries until their eventual decline. Due to China’s vibrant and long past, many have debated which time period was China’s strongest age, and it is difficult to answer this question without clear and precise evidence. Although many Dynasties have been both influential

Ancient China is a civilization with a lot of important features. Ancient china is known for their dynasties. China has many important geographic features as well. China had religion, achievements, dynasties, relationships, and many more.

In Classical India and Classical China, the development of institutions and traditions were very different yet very similar in many ways. For instance, India and China both put women below men and considered merchants as a middle class. However, they differed in areas such as centralized government. Outside of the Mauryas and the Guptas, India was run by the religion-based caste system while China had a very centralized government, except for the Warring States period and the Three Kingdoms period. If you look closely, Classical China and Classical India are like opposites drawn in the same colours. They both socially stratified their people in ways dictated by their beliefs but while India made it impossible to move any way but down, China allowed movement in any direction through the pyramid of society if you could earn it. Furthermore, while China worshipped their ancestors and looked to learn from the past, India believed in reincarnation and looked to the future.

Homo Sapiens, Humans first originated in 200 thousand B.C. from Africa. There were no physical records such as carving, drawing, or messages of some sort at this time in history. A couple thousand years later, humans began to evolve and travel all over the world. They began to invent new technology, create government systems, trading, and they kept writing records. There were different cultural characteristics such as, Sumer, Egypt, India, and China. Mostly focusing on Egypt and Sumer, had many similarities. For example they have similar governments, geography, and technology. Although these two groups lived very similar lives, they had many key characteristics that make them important throughout history.

This week’s reading about India and China was very informative about their ancient forms of governments and how it differs from our original beliefs. In the reading section “Republics and Quasi-Democratic Institutions in Ancient India”, I was exposed to various concepts that I had not been taught in the past. As stated in the reading, “ …Brahmanical treaties found it very easy to visualize Indian society as a politically static one in which, ever since antiquity, monarchy was the normal form of state’(pg. 50). “ I as well assumed India’s government was only consisted of a Monarchial government system. I learned that Buddhist scriptures suggested that there was evidence that India practiced republicanism (pg. 50) It is stated by Muhlberger”the

Throughout most of history, East Asia and more specifically China has been the cradle of civilization. Only until a few hundred years ago did China and most of the developing world today regress into the states they have been for the past several hundred years. For the past 100 years the US has been the world’s most powerful country, economically, militarily, and culturally; however China is resurging and is now in a position that is equal and perhaps greater to the US’s power.