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 * Economic System in Han China and Imperial Rome**

Monty Burns is a hedge fund manager and interested in the economic system of Han Dynasty China and Imperial Rome. Mr. Burns has helped many of his clients amass large fortunes and is well known on Wall Street. A proponent of free trade, Mr. Burns and his associates have invested heavily in foreign companies with low labor costs. To help him decide which dynasty to visit, you will need to research answers to the following key questions:

= **Key Questions:** =
 * 1) What type of economy did the Han Dynasty and Roman Empire posses?
 * 2) What were the major products or goods produced in each place?
 * 3) How did the economy run? How did people buy or trade products?
 * 4) What types of jobs did people have in the economies of Rome and China?
 * 5) What other civilizations or empires did Rome and China trade with?
 * 6) Which empire should Mr. Burns, an investment banker, visit? Why?

=Resources= Your research will be confined to the following web resources and library databases. If you wish to use a resource not on this list you must seek approval from your teacher.

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 * Library Databases **
 * @http://www.micdslibrary.com/databases.html

Scroll down to the History/Social Studies menu; the ABCCLIO Ancient World History database is particularly helpful.

=Research and Citations= Use the space below to record your research for each question. Remember that you will need to cite your sources using the format found on the MICDS Library resource page.

What type of economy did the Han Dynasty and Roman Empire possess?
Han China: Most of the people were peasants. Trade was common and they had the silk road to prove it. The silk road was a way to trade with people of inner Asia. Silk weaving and copper were vary important. This is what the economy was like.

Imperial Rome: Rome's economy was agrarian and slaved based. There main concern was to feed the vast number of citizens and legionaries who populated the Mediterranean region. They conquered Egypt, Sicily, and Tunisia in North Africa. There main port was in Rome. Once the goods are delivered they are weighed, checked for there quality and then sent to the Tiber river. Romans were the first tit develop the full-scale plantation slavery. But at the end of the Roman empire there was a temporary decline of slaves.

What were the major products or goods produced in each place?
Han China: The 2 most important trade items were silk and gold. China produced silk and gold was common. For those goods they got many things back like wine, spices,woolen fabrics, grapes, pomegranates, sesame, beans, cucumber, walnuts, figs. Westerns brought horses, cattle, furs, hides, ivory, jade. There were many different items to get. They also learned some skills like turning grapes into wine.

Imperial Rome: Due to Italy's climate the Romans grew grains, grapes, olives, and had fresh fruit. Oil and wine was two of the main products Rome produce. The slaves were either herders or farmers who grew these types of food. There are staple crops which are crops that have food that you eat regularly like cereal. They had various grains which are used for cereal. They got many goods from different places like silk, cotton, spices, ivory, wild animals, vast amount of mined materials, and amber gems.

How did the economy run? How did people buy or trade products?
Han China: People traded in what they called the Silk Road. This is where they traded with people that lived in inner Asia where most of the people lived. The routed ran north and south of the Taklamalean desert. Because silk was so precious in the west they opened silk roads there. The people got introduced to different items and they introduced items of their own. The silk road was a very useful for the Han Dynasty.

Imperial Rome: They had extensive trade routes. The traveled by water and land. Traveling by land was slow and expensive but there were large loads in wagons and carriages pulled by lumbering oxen. There was also caravans which camels or donkeys pulled. If you had a small cargo and was expensive while going a short distance then you should go by travel by land. For water there was a cheap and easy access so going by a boat or ship is nice too. The Romans used coins which were made of brass, bronze, bronze, silver, and gold. The coins needed to be a certain weight, size, value, and metal composition. They had a very nice way to trade and were pretty organized.

What types of jobs did people have in the economies of Rome and China?
Han China: Many were peasants and merchants. When China was under the rule of emperor Wudi there were 3 different kinds of peasants: Free, Tenant Farmes, and Landless Persons. The free peasants were free but peasants. The tenant farmes sold land to rich people and worked on their fields as tenants. Then there were often refugees and employed as field workers on the land of estate workers. In the East Han they sent peasants as workforce for the official workers. China also had many silk-weavers because silk was very common in China. There was also many traders because trade was very common.

Imperial Rome: There were farmers in Rome. There was also many soldiers. Soldiers got paid over 200 denarii a year. There were silver coins. Coins was the currency used in Rome. They also toke care and directed slaves because Romans were the first to develop a full scale plantation slavery. The captured slaves were either farmers or herders. There was also many traders because trading was big.

What other civilizations or empires did Rome and China trade with?
Han China: The Chinese's trade route was called the Silk road. The silk road was for trading with the people of inner Asia. When they were traveling they had more than one possible route through the mountains. China had a lot of silk and that was very precious in the west. So the Chinese open the silk road for the west. Western's bought horses, cattle, furs, hides, ivory, and jade. Then the trader's introduced cucumber, walnuts, sesame, figs, alfalfa, and pomegranate. They even introduced skills like how to make use grapes and then make wine.

Imperial Rome: Romans traded with people in the areas of Europe, Asia, and Africa. They got silk from China and the far east. They got cotton and spices from India and ivory and wild animals from Africa. In Spain and Britain they got vast amount of mined metals. Finally, they got fossilized amber gems from Germany. These were some of the main goods they. They produced grains, grapes, olives, and they had fresh fruits to trade with. The Romans got many items from far off places and traded to many far off places.

Similarities and Differences
Before deciding which dynasty your client should visit, you may wish to create a simple Venn Diagram to compare/contrast the two empires. You may use [|this template] or create one online at Read-Write-Think.

=== Which empire should Mr. Burns, an investment banker, visit? Why? I think that Mr. Burns should travel to Rome because of many things. They had a great coin system. They were well organized and had nice weather to grow many things. They traded with many different countries like Europe, Asia, and Africa. Once their goods were delivered they had a very well thought plan to check the items. They had extensive trade routes with the land and sea. There was cheep, easy, access to the water= the sea. Their coins and how the Romans set them also had a well thought plan. Even though they used and had many slave, it helped them. This is why Mr. Burns should definitely pick Rome for the place he wants to be. ===

= **Travel Poster Components:** =

You will create a travel poster for each of the two empires. Each poster should be attractive, persuasive, and highlight the major features related to your topic. You will create the posters using Glogster.edu (instructions will be provided in class) and they should contain the following components:

__**Travel Poster Components**__
 * 1) One Glogster.edu poster for each dynasty
 * 2) At least three "must see" tourist features with detailed text and relevant images for each dynasty
 * 3) At least one audio recording on each poster

The **[|Poster Rubric]** will be used to evaluate your work; you should refer to it before handing in your final product. When you have completed the poster, embed it below the "Travel Poster" heading below:

Travel Posters
//embed your posters here by copying the embed code from Glogster and adding an HTML widget//

= **Oral Presentation Guidelines** = The oral presentation is your opportunity to share your posters, explain whether your client should visit Han China or the Roman Empire, and should follow these guidelines:
 * 1) Less than three minutes in length
 * 2) Should address/explain the "must see" features of each dynasty
 * 3) Should explain which destination the client should visit and why

This presentation is about speaking skills and the use of your posters. You will be permitted to use notecards but are NOT to simply read your notes to the audience. The **[|Presentation Rubric]** will be used to evaluate your work; you should refer to it before giving your final presentation.