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Compare And Contrast Persia And China

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Comparison of Government in Persia and China After the rise and fall of the earliest civilizations, some of the very first ancient empires started to emerge over many centuries before the birth of Christ. Although there are many things that characterize these empires uniquely from each other, there are still resemblances between them. Despite the fact that both Persia and China were great empires in two different regions, their governing methods coincide in the systems of organization and basic infrastructures; but they differed greatly in the beliefs of both the government and people. As both empires had considerable amounts of land that they ruled over, the method of organizing their lands held great importance to effectively ruling each empire. First off in Persia, we see King Darius’s acumen in organization through the division of his land into 20 provinces. King Darius assigns a governor called a satrap, a military commander, and a tax collector to each province to allow self-governing as long as each province paid their taxes and tributes and remained loyal to the king. Similarly, during the Qin Dynasty in …show more content…

In the Persian Empire, King Darius introduced the usage of standardized currency and the Royal Road; and Shi Huangdi of the Chinese Empire initiated a centralization program for a highway system and standardization of measurements, including money. In these two similarities, we see the reason behind the long-lasting and strong control the two empires had, as both currency and road systems encouraged trade to flourish—consequently bringing prosperity and peace. Having consolidated the foundations of an empire, people prospered and grew content under the rule of powerful kings such as Darius in Persia and Shi Huangdi in China. However, even with such similarities, there are a two critical differences the two empires

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