Classical Empires Chart
Directions: Please complete the chart gathering as much information as you can. Submit your completed
assignment when finished.
Name Mediterranean Classical India: Classical China:
Civilizations: Gupta Empire Han Empire
Persian Empire, Roman
Empire, and Ancient Greece
Years of Empire The Persian Empire The Gupta Empire The Han Dynasty
lasted from 559 b.c.e.- lasted from 320- formed after the death
331 b.c.e., 550c.e. and was a of the former brutal
encompassing parts of Golden Age of emperor Shi Huangdi
the Middle East such as development for the of the Qin dynasty. The
Iran, Egypt, Turkey, and area. Han dynasty lasted
parts of Pakistan and from 202 b.c.e.-220 c.e.
Afghanistan. The
Roman Empire lasted
from 625 b.c.e.-476c.e.,
with three distinct
periods. The Period of
Kings (625-510b.c.e.),
Republican Rome (510-
31b.c.e.), and Imperial
Rome (31b.c.e.-
476c.e.). Ancient
Greece lasted from
about 1200b.c.e-
323b.c.e. following the
Mycenaean civilization.
Political Structure Classical There were no By the end of the Han
Mediterranean developed solid dynasty nearly 130,000
civilizations or primarily political and cultural bureaucrats were
aristocratic while institutions, but trained to carry out
showing early instead political emperors’ policies of
examples of diversity and tax collection and
democratic elements regionalism. There was mandatory labor
as well. Politics were no required language, services.
very important to and the caste system
Mediterranean allowed different social
civilizations, like classes to live alongside
Confucianism. each other while
promoting tolerance
and separated by social
strictures.
Social Structure They were farmers who The Indian caste Men were at the top,
either were self- system rests on the and beyond that the
Directions: Please complete the chart gathering as much information as you can. Submit your completed
assignment when finished.
Name Mediterranean Classical India: Classical China:
Civilizations: Gupta Empire Han Empire
Persian Empire, Roman
Empire, and Ancient Greece
Years of Empire The Persian Empire The Gupta Empire The Han Dynasty
lasted from 559 b.c.e.- lasted from 320- formed after the death
331 b.c.e., 550c.e. and was a of the former brutal
encompassing parts of Golden Age of emperor Shi Huangdi
the Middle East such as development for the of the Qin dynasty. The
Iran, Egypt, Turkey, and area. Han dynasty lasted
parts of Pakistan and from 202 b.c.e.-220 c.e.
Afghanistan. The
Roman Empire lasted
from 625 b.c.e.-476c.e.,
with three distinct
periods. The Period of
Kings (625-510b.c.e.),
Republican Rome (510-
31b.c.e.), and Imperial
Rome (31b.c.e.-
476c.e.). Ancient
Greece lasted from
about 1200b.c.e-
323b.c.e. following the
Mycenaean civilization.
Political Structure Classical There were no By the end of the Han
Mediterranean developed solid dynasty nearly 130,000
civilizations or primarily political and cultural bureaucrats were
aristocratic while institutions, but trained to carry out
showing early instead political emperors’ policies of
examples of diversity and tax collection and
democratic elements regionalism. There was mandatory labor
as well. Politics were no required language, services.
very important to and the caste system
Mediterranean allowed different social
civilizations, like classes to live alongside
Confucianism. each other while
promoting tolerance
and separated by social
strictures.
Social Structure They were farmers who The Indian caste Men were at the top,
either were self- system rests on the and beyond that the
