The Rise of Four Empires in 300 B.C. to 200 B.C.

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The great empires that flourished between 300 B.C.E and 200 B.C.E. can all be broken down into the four factors the contributed to their rise. Although each empire faced prolonged periods of conflict, all four empires succeeded in imposing unity and order among the people. The rise of these empires can be attributed to four specific factors crucial to their construction. The factors crucial to the rise of the great empires included having a centralized form of leadership with enforced uniform legal codes, having powerful military forces, a strong economy, and technological advances. Ultimately an efficiently run, centralized government along side powerful military forces caused the success of the empires however in the same not a decentralized form of leadership and weakened military attributed to the great empires eventual collapse.

Each empire was unified under one government diverse and often previously antagonistic peoples and states. However no major ancient empire was democratically governed, but rather they were all hereditary dynasties. The Hellenistic states, Rome under the emperors and Han China recruited at least some officials on the basis of merit rather than birth. Relying on their schools to fill administrative positions, the successful ones would in turn give efficiency ratings and on the job training, basing promotions on performance. Exemplified in Han, administrators were chosen from a variety of formally educated men through an extensive selection process. However in the Hellenistic states, literacy in Greek was essential for success in advancement in both private and public sectors of society. To further ensure the success of the empires government, empires had enforced uniform legal codes. The roman empire ...

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...ads, harbors, waterways, irrigation projects, defensive walls, or other installations. The empires energies expanded to maintain safety and enhance the economies of those empires The great wall of China, the roman roads and aqueducts, the enormous granary complex of the Inca, and the Ptolemaic irrigation works along the Nile river are major examples of the energies expanded to maintain safety and enhance the economies of those empires. Often constructed by force, all great empires built elaborate public works. The romans roadways expedited troop movements, domestic commerce, and international trade.

Inequitable economic burdens of the and there direct impact on the military forces of the empire. Poor economy effected technological advances due to the expense of initiating and maintaining projects of such magnitude, often impoverished the governments that supported.

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