If you look for the totem of Western civilization, which is now talked about by many people, it is probably the ancient Roman Empire.
Both the Russian Tsar and the Founding Father of the United States were loyal fans of the Roman Empire and claimed to be the orthodox heirs of the Roman Empire. For example, in the founding chapter of the United States, there are a lot of references and references to the ancient Roman Empire. And Tsar, the Latin word means Caesar — whether you agree or disagree, I'll respect it first.
The tsar's doing this made other European countries angry at the time, and they all said: You are a joke, in fact, I am the descendant of the Roman Empire.
However, this really can't be blamed on the Tsar, because if you go back further, the Germans, known as the barbarians, don't they play more fiercely, and they all establish a "Holy Roman Empire", but the problem is that their legitimacy cannot be beaten. This is what it's called: powder first!
In short, since the Overthrow of the Eastern Roman Empire (Byzantine Empire) by the Ottoman Empire in 1453, there has been no Rome in the world, but Rome everywhere.
The corresponding Ottoman Empire is now shrinking in Turkey, even if it shouts through the throat, it is difficult to attract the world's keen attention, why is this so?
This is what it is called: thirty years after that, look at the Son and honor the Father.
An ancient civilization cow not a cow? It depends on whether their descendants have made a difference. With the help of the power of industrial civilization, European and American countries swept the world and stood at the top of the earth's food chain today, and naturally its totem, the Roman Empire, was also brilliant.
Those ancient empires that competed with the Roman Empire, such as the Sabbath Empire, the Kushan Empire, the Arab Empire, and even the Germanic Empire that eventually destroyed Rome, because their descendants either fought in the Middle East or became three brothers, reveling in the water of the Ganges... Only China, sitting on the top of the five golden chairs of the earth, sat on an equal footing with the heirs of the ancient Roman Empire.
Therefore, when we mention Eastern civilization, we are referring to China. When Western civilization is mentioned, it is all embedded in the arms of the Roman Empire. The only difference is that the ancient Roman Empire is more like a concept, while China is a real existence, nothing more than the name from the Qin Dynasty, to the Han Dynasty, and then to the Tang Dynasty and so on...
However, due to the higher degree of overlap in time between the Han Empire and the Roman Empire, people are accustomed to comparing the ancient Roman Empire with the Han Empire, and it has become a regular topic to compare which is more cattle. Even sighed one after another, why did the Roman Empire and the Great Han not fight a war?
Yes, fighting wars is not that humans are aggressive, but because war is the highest level of civilizational competition, and it is also the most cruel way.
Forget it, don't wash it, I confess, it's the cause of aggression. However, for the ancient Rome and Han Empire, it suddenly changed a style of painting, because of the communication of the Silk Road, the two sides not only knew that the other existed, they were very flashy, but instead of hostility, they also carried out various commercial blows.
The "Book of the Later Han Dynasty" boasts that Rome is: its people grew up and were flat, similar to China, so it was called the Great Qin.
For the Han Empire, who "offends me strongly, although he will be punished from afar", saying that you are like me is not taking advantage, but the highest praise!
At the same time, the Han Dynasty people also understood the Roman system quite reliably: the palace rooms were all based on crystals as pillars, and the same was true for the eating utensils, and its king traveled to a palace, listening to things for five days and then repeating... Each has its own official documents, thirty-six generals, all meeting state affairs, its kings impermanent, all simple sages.
This is probably the description of the senate system of the ancient Roman Empire.
At the same time, during the Eastern Han Dynasty, that is, in 97 AD, Ban Chao ordered Gan Ying to find Rome and make official contacts. As a result, after Gan Ying arrived in the Sabbath Empire, the King of Rest began to fool Gan Ying: to Rome, you can only take the water route, the sea is strange, there is no going back, because there are water demons that eat people.
Gan Ying, who did not understand the situation, was fooled and had to go back to his hometown. In fact, from the sabbatical to Rome is bordered, relying on its own 11 road (on foot), you can walk through.
So why did the Sabbath King fool Gan Ying? There is no way, the Sabbath Empire and the Roman Empire have nothing to do with each other, they are enemies. And acted as a second-hand dealer on the Silk Road. Goods from China are sold at a high price through the hands of the Sabbath Guide, how profitable should this transaction be?
So, once the Han Dynasty met directly with Rome, was there still a need for the Sabbath Empire to exist? It should be noted that the Han Empire simply did not look up to the Sabbath Empire and considered it to be "weak". In case Rome and the Han discussed well, the two sides of the attack, even if the Sabbath Empire opened, it would not be able to resist.
In this way, the Great Han and Rome approached, thus ending. At the same time, who is more cattle between Han and Rome has become an enduring topic for thousands of years.
According to the famous historian, Mr. Huang Renyu, the Qin and Han Dynasties were the First Empire of China. The biggest feature is that the state is equivalent to a war machine. The channel for civilians to rise is military merit! Therefore, it created the Great Han Iron Horse to sweep in all directions, and to completely crush the powerful overlord Xiongnu.
Sui and Tang dynasties were the second empire period, belonging to the nature of the United Nations, such as the Army of the Tang Dynasty, there were various servant states at that time, and due to the success of the development of the Silk Road, they often played the game of the two countries to attack the enemy countries, which greatly saved the cost of war in the Tang. Of course, Li Shimin and other male lords must pay tribute to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and thank him for the Silk Road he has opened up.
Why did the lone man die by force? That's why. After the Sui and Tang dynasties, the common people relied on the imperial examination, and the people of the Han Dynasty relied on military merit! Nowadays, when we say, "Although those who offend my strong man are far away, they will be punished", which is more of a kind of self-improvement, but in the Han Dynasty, it was the terror of the real hammer.
Emperor Wu of Han sent emissaries to Dawan to demand sweat and blood.
The king did not give, and the messenger of the Great Han immediately became angry: I can see that you have asked for a sweat and blood BMW, and instead of feeling the supreme honor, you dare not give it. Angry, king Dawan killed the Han envoys, and as a result, the country eventually died. The so-called, han riding refers to, is not only a death notice, as fast as the wind, as fast as electricity, as fierce as a tiger, as fierce as a wolf, wherever it goes, there is no grass. The only drawback is that it is too depleting of national strength. In his later years, Emperor Wu of Han had to issue a crime against himself.
The most famous of the ancient Roman Empire is the infantry, that is, the Roman phalanx hanging in all directions, before the birth of the heavy cavalry, the infantry of ancient Rome can be described as the world's single. Even if the cavalry rushed over, the Roman phalanx in front of them instantly turned into "hedgehogs" with spears.
Do you shoot arrows? Their tortoiseshell array, shield 360 degrees without dead angle, can not shoot at all. The charge is more like an iron wall pushing flat. The only downside is that it is slow!
Therefore, the comparison between the Great Han and Rome is more like a contest of spears and shields. Anyway, I can't tell who is more cattle. It can only be said that if the Great Han and Rome go to war, it will be a war that will shake the history of human civilization. Therefore, we should really thank the King of Rest, who made a blind remark and failed to let the Great Han and Rome meet, and still produce beauty from each other.
Otherwise, once they know each other and get acquainted with each other, with the aggressive urine nature of human beings, they will inevitably "compete" for a hand. If that were the case, it wouldn't be the structure of the Earth as we know it today, and God knows what the outcome would be.
So it is better to leave this question to the audience, so dear audience, do you think, the Great Han and rome, who is more cattle?