Han Dynasty & Roman Empire Comparison Powerpoint Presentation

Han Dynasty & Roman EmpireAn Historical Comparison IntroductionThe Roman Empire and the Han Dynasty both had an impact on the modern world of their respective cultures. “Taken together, the Qin and Han empires constitute the ‘classical’ era of Chinese civilization, as did the Greeks and Romans in the West. Like the Greco-Roman Mediterranean, Chinese culture during this period is distinct from the societies that evolved out of it.” (Lewis 1) Scope of the StudyOrigin MythsHow these myths affected the growth of both empiresCultural Lessons from these mythsWarring BrothersRapeFamilial Bonds Roman Origin MythsRomulus & RemusRomulus and Remus are sons of the queen and abandoned to die. Raised by a she-wolf, they grow up to kill their uncle, restore their mother to the throne. Eventually Romulus kills Remus, establishes Rome complete with legions and senate and initiates the kidnapping and rape of the Sabine women. “The founders’ myth entails a recurring pattern of fratricidal conflict centering around the theme of lust for power, cupido regni. Four successive pairs of fratricidal figures—Aeneas and Turnus, Ascanius and Silvius, Numitor and Amulius, and Romulus and Remus—became locked in dynastic struggles provoked by the Latin requirement of exogamic succession via the uterine line.” (Rauh 241) Roman