AP world history essays

The Gupta Society in classical india, and the Han society in classical india were both succesful. The Gupta dynasty was classical india's \"golden age\" The Gupta's were very successful, but they did not own a very large territory as the Hans did. The Gupta's enforced the Hindu beliefs and ethics to govern their people. They kept order of the people in the caste system, where everyone accepted their place due to the belief that their past lives led them to their placement. Although the Gupta's has no powerful tyrant leader, the Brahmin and priests expressed their divinity to the people to gain respect. the hans on the other hand had a powerful emperor who over saw the territory and appointed bureaucrats to govern areas. Trade was more of use in the Gupta's because they were not isolated like the Hans in classical china. Both of these dynasties were succesful in their own ways and contributed greatly to classical india and China.

Many factors contribute to the decline of Rome. However the most important is the plagues that struck Rome because they so greatly impacted the population, causing it to drop while also disrupting its economy. besides the plagues some more factors contributing to Rome's decline include cultural decay and the paying and hiring of germanic soldiers to guard, which cut into their tax money greatly. Another factor is in Rome's wealthy class. They began to be more pleasure seeking than caring about civil duties and military service all these factors contribute to rome's decline.

Chinese culture supported the political structure of the empire. Confucian philosophy was both a religious and political belief. Confucianism taught that all people should show respect toward other, especially their elders. Confucianism still enforced the power of the emperor and believed that there should be a hierarchy in both family and state. Confucianism taught that family was important and there should always be respect from children to parents. Confucian philosophy also supported punishments for wrong doings. Overall confucianism emphasized modesty, humility, reverence and kindness. It also focused more on the persons wordily life than on heavenly life, which helped the emperor have control. Chinese culture emphasized respect to the people above you and knowing your place in society supported the political structure of the empire. legalism aided confucian ideas with a strong arm.

An agriculturally based society has many advantages over a hunter gather society. One advantage is a food surplus. Sedentary agriculture allows groups to be more stationary and build more permeant homes. With the more stationary homes specialization can occur. Agriculture also allows for higher birth rates. Many families in an agriculture society can support very few people. The formation of agriculture ultimately led to civilization

The islamic practice greatly spread throughout the swahili coast. the people shared a common language. this areas was also large and had more then 30 ports. these ports were used for trade. there was a lot of trade in thus area and the spread of islam spread suggests that it was shared to give people trust in each other. when trading with another in order to trust them. therefore if the people practiced the same belief system then that bond would form. because of this, islam was widely practiced near the swahili coast.

the incas and aztec would compare because they were both ruled by an emperor. the emperor was supported by nobility. in both places the people had to pay tribute. they both were military groups which helped them expand. the differences between them is that the Aztecs were open to trade where as the incas did more agriculture within there territory. the incas has a bureaucrat as well as split inheritance. the aztecs political organization was city states. the incas made more of an attempt to integrate their empire as a unit while the aztecs did not so much they to attempt this. these are some ways the incas and the aztec are alike and different.