Social Structures: There are many similarities between the Chinese and Roman social structures. In China there were six social classes: Rulers, Nobles, Farmers, Craftspeople, Traders, and Slaves. Rulers: The Emperor, leaders or other kinds of rulers. Nobles: The nobles made up the highest-ranking class after the ruling family. Shang nobles enjoyed a life of luxury. They lived in great palaces. Farmers: Farmers were the largest social class in the society. They worked small plots of land, growing
monument to Athena, because the Greeks believed she provided them with wisdom to conquer the Persian armies during the Persian wars. The Pantheon was commissioned to represent the people of Rome. The temple was built for the same reasons the Parthenon was, to pay respects to
power, and cultural influence their individual cities carried at the time of construction. While sharing many similarities in aspects of background, design, and religious use, their differences are what gave these buildings their unique and memorable qualities that were unlike any other structures at that time. In 449 BC, 30 years before the Parthenon was erected, Athens was in ruins from Persian invaders. Pericles, the ruler of Athens, established a building program that would rebuild damaged and destroyed
there this belief has continued to be a major influence in daily life, politics, culture, and inventions in many major western civilizations since then. This includes civilizations in Mesopotamia, the Exodus, the Greeks, Cyrus the Great of the Persians, the Romans, and the Renaissance
Periodization Essay Through periodization, we can observe several continuities and more importantly, the dramatic changes between the ancient times (Paleolithic and Neolithic ages), and the classical era. Even though we have similarities between the two periods of time, there are many more differences that it can be referred to as a cataclysmic event as in history itself, has suffered much change throughout the centuries. It is imperative that we discern how we got to present time, by studying