HIS 100 Lecture 10: HIS 100 After Midterm
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Getti(cid:374)g e(cid:373)pire (cid:862)right(cid:863: han china and the roman mediterranean. Precedent: han, zhou: mandate of heaven, qin: grand unity ideology + bureaucracy, also serves as foil, rome, persia, alexander, (successors, provincial structure, ruler cult, carthage: maritime economy. Rule legitimacy: confucianism, state, ruler, the officials all depend on the people for their mandate, imperial university, princeps, father, and god, first citizen, i(cid:373)perial (cid:272)ult: (cid:449)ay to get the e(cid:373)peror"s atte(cid:374)tio(cid:374) Ideology: concern for the populace: han, free peasantry, rome, bread and circuses: roman emperors were responsible in making sure people could afford grain and/or giving free food. Circuses, in amphitheater where roman entertainment was the responsibility of the emperor who funded these activities: father of the fatherland, both: public workers and disaster relief. Managing the border: xiongnu: predatory nomadic empire, diplomacy and trade, a(cid:448)age (cid:862)other(cid:863, parthians, diplomacy and trade, warfare---stronger enemy (sasanians, ger(cid:373)a(cid:374)i(cid:272) (cid:862)bar(cid:271)aria(cid:374)s(cid:863, trade and assimilation, a(cid:448)age (cid:862)other(cid:863)
