Understand how and why the collapse of empire was more severe in western Europe than it was in the eastern Mediterranean or in China Collapse of Western Collapse of Byzantine Collapse of Han Empire Roman Empire Empire Slow fall (250 years) Entered the middle ages Weak emperors Population and Led to becoming less Internal division decrease advanced and Invasion from tribes from “polished” Constantine tried to save Had black death the north them Next dynasty didn’t begin The east got a complex til 400 years later (state political form quickly and of chaos) was not an agricultural Daoism and economy Confucianism still stayed Was a commercial economy Compare the caste system to other systems of social inequality devised by early and classical civilizations, including slavery Caste System in India Social classes/slavery Social classes/ slavery in in Valley Greece and Rome Civilizations King Greece Brahmins (priests) -Upper class Kshatriya (warriors) Nobles/priests -Lower class Vaisays -Slaves (conquered (merchants/commoners) Common people (men people) All equal then women) Rome Sudras (majority of the Slaves -Patricians (upper class) population) -Plebeians (lower class) Pariah/untouchables/ -Slaves (conquered Outcastes people) There were no slaves
Understand how and why the collapse of empire was more severe in western Europe than it was in the eastern Mediterranean or in China Collapse of Western Roman Empire Collapse of Byzantine Empire Collapse of Han Empire Slow fall (250 years) Population and decrease Constantine tried to save them The east got a complex political form quickly and was not an agricultural economy Was a commercial economy Entered the middle ages Led to becoming less advanced and “polished” Had black death Weak emperors Internal division Invasion from tribes from the north Next dynasty didn’t begin til 400 years later (state of chaos) Daoism and Confucianism still stayed Compare the caste system to other systems of social inequality devised by early and classical civilizations, including slavery Caste System in India Social classes/slavery in Valley Civilizations Social classes/ slavery in Greece and Rome Brahmins (priests) Kshatriya (warriors) Vaisays (merchants/commoners) All equal Sudras (majority of the population) Pariah/untouchables/ Outcastes There were no slaves King Nobles/priests Common people (men then women) Slaves Greece -Upper class -Lower class -Slaves (conquered people) Rome -Patricians (upper class) -Plebeians (lower class) -Slaves (conquered people)
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