tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post5387135305538096689..comments2023-06-20T02:25:36.578-07:00Comments on The Scholar's Stage: The Power of Ideas in History: An Example From Antiquity T. Greerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04621529800248145193noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-26037456166237499822013-03-07T07:34:47.187-08:002013-03-07T07:34:47.187-08:00I'm persuaded. Thanks.I'm persuaded. Thanks. breviosityhttp://breviosity.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-21471797295027833342013-03-06T20:50:02.617-08:002013-03-06T20:50:02.617-08:00"I see a big similarity: both the Han and the..."I see a big similarity: both the Han and the Western Roman empires collapsed. The difference lay in that the Chinese empire was re-created."<br /><br />The difference that this post tried to highlight was the near endemic state of civil war in the Roman Empire after 235 AD and the lack of such civil war over the course of the Han Dynasty. After the Revolt of the Seven Kingdoms in 154 T. Greerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04621529800248145193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-58964502672773334682013-03-06T20:24:07.865-08:002013-03-06T20:24:07.865-08:00Agreed that ideas play a big role in history.
But...Agreed that ideas play a big role in history. <br />But in this instance, not so sure. <br />I see a big similarity: both the Han and the Western Roman empires collapsed. The difference lay in that the Chinese empire was re-created. Not so sure that was due to ideas. <br />breviosityhttp://breviosity.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com