Comparing and Contrasting Rome and Han via SPICE

Using our ten in-class examples, please identify the sole correct thesis statement and copy / paste it into this forum. Don't trip if it doesn't appear; this one can only be seen by me!

• Both massive Empires of Afro-Eurasia, the Han Dynasty and the Roman Empire of the Classical Era had similar social hierarchies  with the Hans dividing people into land lords and peasants and the Romans dividing people into patricions (sic) and plebeians, but they differed in that Roman’s believed certain races were meant to be slaves and Slavery was on a small scale in the Han Dynasty; furthermore the women of the Hans were bound by confuscionist (sic) test that made them subordinate to their men and the Romans allowed their women to own property.
  • Social (no AP) – 3.5
  • cat one: should compare the iniquities not that they have social hierarchies
  • cat two: not a direct comparison
  • cat three: wording; women were relatively “freer” in Rome than Han

 

• Between the years 500 BCE and 500 CE in Afro-Eurasia, the Roman and Chinese Empire’s culture differed in religion china absorbed Buddhism and Rome obstained (sic) Christianity. Secondly, adding that their belief systems were very distinctive of what was to be teached (sic) and done, however were alike in invoked supernatural sanctions.
  • Culture (no AP) - 3
  • cat one: isn’t their absorption of a foreign religion a similarity?
  • cat two: huh?
  • cat three: good

 

• During the second wave era, the Han Dynasty of China and the Roman Empire of Afro-Eurasia were threatened by foreigners, formed militaries that expanded their militaries, but Rome centralized its power while the Han Dynasty utilized Confucianism and Legalism.
  • Political? (no AP) – 3.5
  • place stamp should be East Asia
  • Cat one and two: spot on
  • cat three: another similarity? they both centralized power but differed in how / effectiveness

 

• In 500 BCE to 500 CE in Afro-Eurasia both Roman and Chinese classical cultures used supernatural beliefs to explain why they were in power while incorporating foreign religions into their empires, but in contrast the Romans exiled their beliefs for Greek rationality and the Romans focused their architecture on leaders and upper-class citizens, whereas the Han Dynasty also did, but included their soldiers.
  • Culture (AP!) – 4.5
  • cat one: perfect
  • cat two: perfect
  • cat three: CLOSE! Rome adopted foreign ideas whereas China did not

 

• The Roman and Han Empires in the Classical era in Afro-Eurasia both used a form of coinage, had their own standardized weights and measurements, but differed in the percentage of wealth produced by slave labor.
  • Economics (AP) - 5
  • cat one: good
  • cat two: good
  • cat three: perfect
  • There IS actually one incorrect element in this thesis; it should read: The Roman and Han Empires in the Classical era in Afro-Eurasia were ECONOMICALLY similar in that they both used coinage and had their own standardized weights and measurements, but differed ECONOMICALLY in the percentage of wealth produced by slave labor. 
    

 

• During second wave civilizations in Afro-Eurasia, the Roman and Han empires constructed separate empires; The Roman empire expanded slowly while the Han empire expanded very quickly, and the Han empire used legalism to fix their empires while Rome didn’t try to fix their empire; while the two empires were distinct they both had a common feature which was that they were brutal to their enemies and relied strongly on their military.
  • Political? (AP) – 4 or 4.5
  • cat one: good
  • cat two: no a direct comparison
  • cat three: good

 

• The Roman Empire around 27 BCE in Afro-Eurasia and the Han Empire in 206 BCE in China, both had large plantation owned by the wealthy, although both empires were similar in their agricultural, there nature of trade and slavery was greatly diverse.
  • economics (AP) - 3
  • wrong time stamp
  • wrong place stamp
  • cat one: good
  • cat two: similar in their agriculture?
  • cat three: nature of trade? (vague) but slavery is acceptable

 

• In 500 BCE to 500 CE in Afro-Eurasia the Han and Roman empire tied their belief with natural phenomenons (sic), also because of expansion they caused deforestation, pollution, and urban diseases; lastly the Hans were more accepting of technology, unlike the Romans.
  • Interaction (no AP) - 4
  • cat one: correct but awkward
  • cat two: perfect
  • cat three: correct but again awkward
    • does not address prompt nor does it state sim or diff (implied)

 

• The Han and Roman Empires in Afro-Eurasia between 200 BCE and 200 CE, both had patriarchal societies, as well as distinctive hierarchical ranks, and slave labor than the Han did.
  • Society (no AP) – 3 or 3.5
    • does not address prompt in thesis
  • wrong time stamp
  • cat one: good
  • cat two: vague (what is the sim or difference ABOUT the social hierarchies?)
  • cat three: not a direct comparison

 

• The Roman Empire in Afro-Eurasia and the Han Dynasty in Asia from 500 BCE to 500 CE were similar in their causing deforestation and pollution being put in the air, but differed in that while Rome imported a lot of agriculture from their Egyptian cities, the Chinese empire had multiple smaller farms spread out within its empire. 
  • Interaction (AP) – 4.5
  • time stamp not regional – EAST Asia
  • cat one: good
  • cat two: good
  • cat three: good