Essay About Mass Communication And Political Organization

Rome and China
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“In the sky, there is no distinction of east and west; people create distinctions out
of their own minds and then believe them to be true.” – Buddha. I find some relative truth
to these words, for the disparity between both regions is primarily cultural, and while is
still easily recognizable, is a result of human fabrication. The following will attempt to
discuss and debrief some potential causes and manifestations of such separation.
around the same time, and fell to conquest as all great empires did. However, quite a
few aspects of the core values of these commonwealths caused them to be well in
contrast. Specifically and most prevalent are the differences brought about within
society and political organization, and both areas of function stem from the making and
composition of the states, as well as the small degree of geographical destiny reflected
in each empire. It is these causes that will result in the apartheid of sorts among
Eurasia; that of East and West. These distinctions are important because such regional
disparities still play a large role in our world today.
methods of rule, both divergent from the others. Athens has been praised throughout
history with the reputation of having one of the most unique democratic forms of
governance in its era. “Our form of government is called a democracy because its
administration is in the hands, not of a few, but of the whole peoples.” said Pericles
(Doc. D). Pericles later went on to discuss the value of being a “good citizen” (Doc.H),
and Socrates defends the system quite patriotically (Document I). Such themes of
reverent faith placed in the form of rule imply the success of the democratic structure,
and it is easily argued that these differences may be attributed to some concrete
Athens and the Han Dynasty had some similarities in that they both existed
In terms of political organization, the Han and Athens suffered well defined
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differences Athens had in comparison to the Han and many other large domains of the
era: its geographical makeup and its size. Greece was a country filled with cities
separated by land and water alike (Doc. A). Therefore it was difficult to establish the
mass communication necessary for centralized, empirical methods of administration, so
most individual regions were expected to fend for themselves politically speaking.
Additionally, because Athens was only one city and the Han was an entire dynasty, it