In the time period from 600 BC to 600 CE came the rise and fall of many great empires. The decline of empires is extremely relevant to the time period as by 600 CE many forms of the empires had fallen. Empires would fall for many reasons, invasion, disease, poor government et cetera. In the fall of Han China and the Roman Empire, one is able to see all of the contributing factors to the collapse of an empire as large and important as these. The internal workings of the empire had a lot to do with the staying power of the dynasty. If the government was well managed then the empire would be successful, and if not, as most were not, the empire would be sent into a downward spiral. In Han China, the lack of ability to work as a cohesive group …show more content…
In the Roman Empire, disease ravaged the land. At one point in time a plague killed off a good amount of Rome’s population, this caused a significantly smaller amount of revenue and production and less defense, a surefire way to cause the decline of an empire. In the Han Dynasty a deadly virus called smallpox spread quickly throughout the empire causing the same dreadful effects that disease had on the Roman empire. Potentially spread through trade routes or nomads, disease was an incredibly large contributor to the decline of empirical rule. Nomadic tribes were a growing issue in both Rome and Han China, they were a major contributing factor to the ultimate fall of these empires. In China, they were forced to develop ways to keep the Xiongnu people from the Steppes region out of their land. In fact, during the Qin Dynasty, the Great Wall of China was built to help deal with the constant invasions, they attempted to trade et cetera to appease the semi-agricultural people but during the Han Dynasty, China was weakened and more people began to break through the fronts that they put up. In Northern China, barbarian states were established, ultimately weakening the