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 * Social Structure in Han China and Imperial Rome**

Paris Hyatt is a report for Gossip Magazine and keenly interested in the social structure of Han Dynasty China and Imperial Rome. Ms. Hyatt lives in a gated community far from the city, supports several local charities, and is addicted to watching the E! channel. To help her decide which dynasty to visit, you will need to research answers to the following key questions:

=**Key Questions:**=
 * 1) How were the social structures broken down in the Han Dynasty and Roman Empire
 * 2) Describe and explain the types of jobs within each social structure?
 * 3) What was life like in each social class? Describe the family life? Could people move from one social class to the next very easily?
 * 4) How were women and slaves treated in the Han Dynasty and Roman Empire?
 * 5) What was education like for all people in the Han Dynasty and Roman Empire?
 * 6) Which empire should Ms. Hyatt, a reporter for //Gossip Magazine//, 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.


 * Rome**
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 * China**
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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.

How were the social structures broken down in the Han Dynasty and Roman Empire
Han China:

Imperial Rome:

Describe and explain the types of jobs within each social structure?
Han China:

Imperial Rome: //Patricians:// Patricians are the top of social structure in Rome. Being a patrician you enjoyed wealth, luxury, power, and privilege. Those things were good but it came with a price. The patrician class involved the emperors of Rome. As Rome's leaders there was constantly a struggle for power which led to dangerous situations. Patricians were the most elite class in all of ancient Rome. As an emperor of Rome you and your family lived in style. For instance they ate the best food, lived in the best villas, and wore the best clothes. There families were able to enjoy things like poetry, horse racing, music, and hunting. Being an emperor was not all fun and games. This was a hard job that was not easy. Becoming an emperor was not always through heredity. The throne could pass to brothers, stepsons, and even favored courtiers that were approved by the senate. Everyone had to hustle for position constantly. People had to do whatever to whoever to secure a position on the throne. To secure the ultimate prize would often require betrayal, backstabbing, even murder. This challenge was very stressful and only people who were determined could maybe survive. Behind patrician emperors were regular patricians who dominated the roman empire. The boys who were born as a patrician were able to receive a good education that usually came from a private tutor. They had stuff that a noble would be expected to know like literature, history, geography, and important languages like Greek would be taught. They also got lessons in public speaking and law which was needed in positions involving government and politics. Being a patrician came with a few priviledges. Some patricians were excused from military duties that regular citizens were expected to do. Another thing is only patricians could become emperor. Like I mentioned all this came at a cost. You could lose your life, home, and their land. Other than that life as a patrician was easy, luxiorius, and very relaxing. //Senators:​// The Roman senate started life as an advisory council filled with only patricians. Many senators were killed in a civil war that brought Julius Caesar and Caesar thought the senate looked skimpy so he increased the council number from 600 to 900 people. Soon this reversed to 600 again. Now they only allowed free men over 25 years old with both military and administrative experience. Addition to the political and judicial powers the senators got special privliges. They alone could hold the highest official offices and judgeships in criminal and civil courts. The senators could reserve special seats at major events and wear speacial honorary clothes. When Augustus came he made a rule that every senator must own at least 1,000,000 sesterces or Roman coins to be eligibal for the senator spot. Senators were not paid so only a few people could afford to work without pay. The senators were also the head of the government and law. //Equestrians:// Equestrians were basicly the buisness men of Rome. Many were tax collecters, bankers, miners, and exporters. To be in this class you had to own at least 400,000 sesterces. This was an important class because they could be used as the fianatial advisors of Rome. They were also used to bump up a senators rank. Senators used them as basicly his employes. Another thing is the son of a senator is automaticly an equestrian until they gained enough skill and experiance. Since the original Equestrians were not truly Roman this opened many oppertunities to non Roman people. This was deffinately a very important class.

What was life like in each social class? Describe the family life? Could people move from one social class to the next very easily?
Han China:

Imperial Rome:

How were women and slaves treated in the Han Dynasty and Roman Empire?
Han China: //Slaves:// Remarkably only 1% of the Han's population was made of slaves. Slaves were not that important in the Han Dynasty. Unlike Imperial Rome they did not rely on the slaves for lots of labor work. There was two catagories of slaves, privately-owned and state-owned. Privately-owned were peasents who fell into debt and sold themselves into slavery, but others became pritate slaves to nobles etc. because of there past work. State slaves were usually prisoners of war, but not all of them were. However most slaves were tributary gifts given to the court by foreign countries. A slave could also become state property if there master commited a crime. In that case they would be confiscated and turned into state property. Even though slaves were subject to beatings if they did not obey their master but it was illegal to murdeer or kill a slave. A king would be stripped of his kingdom if it was found that they murdered slaves, so slaves had a little bit of protection. A slave in the Han had way more protection and a easier life than a Roman slave. //Women:// Women in the Han were not treated really harsh but they weren't treated all that good. It was expected that women obey the will of their father, then husband, and then her adult son when she was elderly. When women got married it was to who her father wanted her to marry instead of who she wished to get married to. Women were exempt from the annual corvee labor duties which is work without pay. Women often did weaving for their families, became singers, became dancers, and even became medical physicians. The daughters often were not included in their fathers will only the sons. Women had it tough in China but this was nothing compared to what the Roman women went through. Imperial Rome: //Slaves: // Slaves in Rome were treated very harshly. To the Romans slaves were useless and replaceable, for instance you can kill a slave for any or no reason and not get in trouble. Slaves in Rome are not slaves because of race but because they were most of the time captured in war. If you were a slave you and your family were property (pets) of the owners. People can sell, rent, and buy slaves whenever they want. You were often whipped and beaten as a slave. Slaves did all the labor. They worked in fileds, homes, mines, factories, and on farms. Slaves also were used by government to do work on things like roads and aqueducts etc. Slaves merged easily into society because people liked to use them. Slaves looked like regular citizens so the Senate made them wear a certain type of clothing. The senate soon rejected this idea because if the slaves saw how many of them there was they would revolt. Another thing is slaves had the ability to be freed. Once the slaves were free they had the ability to get plebian jobs. //Women:// Women were most of the time illiterate. Which means you can't really read or write if at all. In Rome women were as not equal. Such as now and days, whites and blacks. Women only recieved a basic education if any at all because people thought it would be useless to teach a woman. Women were subject to athority of men. Traditonally it was her father until she was married. Then it would be her husband who also had legal rights over their children. In Rome women were all the time basicly treated very unfairly and like trash along with the slaves.

What was education like for all people in the Han Dynasty and Roman Empire?
Han China:

Imperial Rome:

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 Ms. Hyatt, a reporter for //Gossip Magazine//, visit? Why?
=**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.