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Thesis Statement

//Compare and contrast the ways civilization developed in India and Mesopotamia?//


 * The comparison and contrast between India and Mesopotamia was the way both of them were densed with great agriculture, religion, social structure, and governement, but they also contrasted because of the way India had a religious government rather than a dictorial one.**

India's society based heavily on religion/ government rather than a strong centralized government, and the developement of India included invasions from other regions because of the lack of power inside their government which differs from Mesopotamia because they did have warfare but were a lot stronger politically, but they both were simliar in social structure and dominance of men in society. //Compare the developement of political structures in Classical China with those in Classical India?//
 * China's politcal structure was based heavily on philosophy and intelligence, while India relied heavily on practices of Hinduism, and Buddhism, but both of these classical time periods had political structures that contained centralized government in some of their dynasties, dictatorial leaders, and some that were more open minded.**

//Compare and contrast the impact of Confuscionism in China with Hinduism in India (200 B.C- 200 C.E) ?//
 * Confucsionism was the start of a time period in which china learned moral levels, respect for certain types of people, and structures for social classes, and appreciation for ones work of art, which differed from India because Hinduism was the more of a religious practice rather than a philosophical one, that showed more rules for women, dominance of men, and group classes role on society.**

//Describe the changes and continuities in the role of women in a transition from a hunting gathering life style to civilization?//
 * The role of women certaintly transitioned from letting the men so they can gather, and take care of kids to eaning less freedom, and having no rights to study like men or go out when they pleased.**

//Describe the different trading patterns China and India ( 200 B.C- 2-- C.E). What factors can explain these differences?//
 * China contained a trading pattern called the silk road, which is popular even in modern day China, which opened up trade to India, and the meditteranian sea with the romans, while India had probably the best location at the time because of the sea transport, and close connections with the Roman Empire?**

//In what ways were the economic foundations of the Roman and Han Empires similar?What were the consequences of the differences?//
 * The economic foundations of the Roman and Han Empires both used agriculture, and trade, to grow their economy, but Han China suffered severaly by the way they used their own workers rather than slaves to expand their empire at shorter time then they did.**

//Compare the institutions of imperial governemnt in Han China to those established in Rome after Augustus?//


 * Han China developed beaurocratic style of governemnt that aloud others in the governemnt to have a say on what was going and help the emperor, but after Augustus, and the Roman Republic collapsed, and became an empire which gave the emperor full power over the senate, and the law.**

//Compare the social and economic organization of Rome, and Han China?//
 * Both Roman and Han Chinese societies developed a great organized economies by building roads for trade, and Expansion gave the Chinese direct access to India for trade and the Mediterranean to trade with the Romans, and the Romans had the entire mediterranean for trading with Africa, and the Middle East. This aloud both countires to grow in population. **

//Compare and contrast the factors that lead to and the effects of the collapse olf ancient Rome and Han China?// //Compare labor systems that emerged in Russia and the spanish colonies in the americas 1400-1800....dont talk about african slavery?// //Both nations contained caste systems that were relativily similar when speaking king and peasantry working while//
 * Bth Roman and Han China collapsed because of unstable leadership, and by the invasion of nomadic outsiders, thu Huns, that took advantage of their weakness during these times. Also both societies suffered major decline on their economy, and Intellectual.**