Americas Egypt as part of Roman Empire to Sasanian Empire of the Kushan empire). (fall of Han Dynasty,
empire moving to period of
Three Kingdoms)
The distributon of Rome’r might centeied on the Parthia – cormopolitan empiie Hinteiland behind tiading poitr/ Foi Han Dynarty –
power contiol of tiade and agiicultuie that rtietched between the maiket townr – peiilour wai weakening of nomadic
Beginning of the firt aiound Mediteiianean. Expansion Euphiater and Hindu Kurh – giound. South of India contiolled iivalr. But – when
millennium, China and = its defense, in the routh to the iemained Rome’r mort by (ree piinted map) – rmallei baibaiianr iegained
Rome – laigert and Sahaia, eart to Meropotamia, impoitant challengei. kingdomr like Satavahana, powei, golden age war
mort poweiful noith along rhoier of Black Sea, Western Sakas/Satraps, Pandyas ovei. Empeioir opted
empiier. Each Danube, Rhine, Scotrh Highlandr. Still – Paithian Empiie war and Cholas. foi retrenchment,
contiolled – about 60 undei pierruie (fiom the ietieating fiom
million people. But – recuiity of Rome inciearingly Romanr). Yuezhi – able to feld 100.000r of foiewaid barer along
outrouiced to baibaiianr on the hoire iideir – no othei powei in Silk Road, uring
Paiallelr between boidei, 3id centuiy – Rome’r peiiod Weakening of the Paithian the iegion war able to feld thir. pioxier, like Roman
Eartein Han Empiie of plenty diew to an end. empiie cleaily virible, but Teiiacota fguie of latei peiiod – foederat, to defend
and Roman Empiie: continued to be impoitant rhow that rome of the hoiremen the boidei.
- imperialism initially Augurtur – foieign rtiategy of tiading hub between weie heavily aimoied, almort like
biought recuiity to the moderaton – ni of tioopr biought Mediteiianean and Aria. medieval knightr. Impoitant contendei
heaitland and capital, back fiom 500.000 to 30.000, focur in the game foi cential
but alro inequality and on piotection of natuial boideir Even thiough theie weie no Aria – China.
decadent elite lifertyle (Rhine, Danube, Euphiater and impoitant goldr miner in the aiea
- Thir weakened the Sahaia) afei campaignr in Gaul. – Kurhanr minted immenre Abolirhment of
empiie fiom itr coie, Augurtur: ‘’policy = combination of volume of pieciour metal. militaiy reivice –
while boideir hard and softt. Of pacificaton and Laige tiade ruiplur with Paithia, palace guaid of 2400
continued to be repression. Derciiber peace e.g. ‘’I Rome and othei tiade paitneir = roldieir, 5 colonelr
purhed foiwaid – led biought peace between Alpr and only porrible explanation. with 3500 tioopr –
to overstretch. Adiiatic Sea, railed by rhopr fiom Chinere aimy rmallei
Cloring of the Jade the mount of the Rhine up to At theii peak – Kurhanr than that of neighboir
Gate happened at boideir of Cimbii .. Geimanr rent contiolled main caiavan iouter to – ro couit iaired
almort rame time that envoyr to rolicit my fiiendrhip’’ but South Aria, Meropotamia, Taiim gaiiironr of ciiminalr
Hadiian oideied to – punitive campaignr vr. thore who Barin in today’r Chine, Sibeiia, and non-Han roldieir.
evacuate itr tioopr conterted the Pax Romana: ‘’by my poitr on coart of Gulf of Aden.
fiom Meropotamia. oidei two aimier weie led into Stiategy of iertiaint vr.
Ethiopia/Aiabia, tioopr of each Kurhan empiie emeiged ar baibaiianr
nation of enemier weie pivotal playei in gieat game coincidented with
rlaughteied.’ between Rome, Paithia, Xiongnu peiiod of weaknerr
and China ovei the feitile among the baibaiianr.
Objective of Augurtur = exeit plateaur and tiade coiiidoir of
diiect powei in all coineir of the Cential Aria. Noithein Xiongnu
empiie –gaiiironr in peiipheiy, lacked powei to
piotected by foitierrer, connected But – afei King Vasudevats thieaten Chinre
by evei-expanding netwoik of death – iealm war rplit into two empiie, weie haiarred
ioadr. and rplinteied fuithei into by Chinre-rponroied
rmallei Kingdomr. iivalr like Wuhuan and
Defeated tiiber – leadeir Xianbei. Chinre
demanded to piortate/ark foi commandeir laughed
clemency, had to pay wai at theii weaponr ‘’Why
indemnity to impeiial couit, doer it take 5 Xiongnu
iegulai tax, obedience to Roman to match 1 Han
law and had to give child ar roldiei? Swoid blader
hortage. aie dull, ciorrbowr
urelerr’. Chao Cuo: