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A difference between Greece and Persia is religion.  In Persia they were monotheistic and their main religion was Zoroastrianism, which believed in one god. They had many religious rituals as well as leaving dead people outside instead of burying However, in Greece, they had a polytheistic religion with many deities. They did not recognize a single, all powerful god.

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A difference between the Greek and Mauryan/ Gupta empire was tolerance of different beliefs. In the Gupta empire, they were accepting of different religious beliefs. For example, the population of the empire was Buddhist and Hindu. However, in Greece, they were not tolerant of different religious beliefs. People would be executed and punished for challenging the gods such as Socrates because he thought logically.

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A similarity between Qin/Han and Gupta Empire is that they both produced textiles and art.  For example in the Qin, Han And Gupta, they produced silk, and pottery.

A difference between QIn and Han Dynasty and Gupta is that the Gupta empires teaching are sciences or math, whereas the Han Dynasty taught more of Confucianism.

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One difference between Persia and the QIn/ Han dynasty, was that Persia was mainly bitheistic because they focused on two gods (one that creates and the other destroys). Conversely, the Qin/Han dynasty believed in multiple belief systems like Daoism, Confucionism and Legalism which believe in no god and focusing more on physical and natural existence and also what was going to hold the government together.

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culturally, the Romans and the Greeks were there polyrhestic religion. In Greece the Greeks believed in many gods known as the Greek pantheon which included Zeus and Athena. Originally, the Romans had many gods and goddess  such as Jupiter, god of the heavens, and Venus, goddess of beauty and love.
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The Mauryan/ Gupta empire followed Buddhism after Ashoka converted to it. They developed techniques of plastic surgery and astronomers determined earth is a sphere rotating on its axis. Under Ashoka's rule, roads were built to facilitate trade. The religion of Buddhism died out as Hinduism became a popular religion. After, Hinduism became the dominant religion in the Gupta empire. Hinduism was strongly supported.

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Expansion of Greece to all reaches of the Mediterranean proved to expand Greek culture significantly. For example, in Alexandria, Egypt, its library and museum served to attract people from all around the world and allow intermingling and storage of different sciences, philosophies, and literature. And in Bactria, Ali Khanum was a city with heavy Greek influences but religions such as Hinduism and Buddhism flourish in the area. Finally, back in Greece, new philosophies surged in popularity such as Stoicism, Epicureans, and Skeptics and the first views of salvation came into play in Greece.

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Culturally, Rome and the Hellenistic empire both adapted ways from each other though their trading routes. Both of these empires were polytheistic. Rome had the idea that they were the best, while the Hellenistic empire was open to all culture and ideas. Another difference between the nations is that Rome was less tolerant of religious differences (ex. Jews) whereas, the Hellenistic empire tolerated their existence.

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Persian's were open to people of different ethnicities and religions. However Persian's main religion was Zoroastrianism, the belief in which an ultimate good being made 6 lesser deities to defend from evil. They did religious rituals for their gods such as sacrificing animals and leaving dead people outside and not burying them to not contaminate the earth. Zoroastrianism influenced religions such as Judaism and Christianity. Many religions in Persia reflected on natural elements such as water, air, earth, and most importantly fire. Many people followed punishments and legal codes that were set forth by the government

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Greece had many philosophers. One of which is Socrates (470-399 BC) who posed questions questions about human issues such as ethnics and morality. He believed that people could lead honest lives and that honor was more important than fame, wealth. Plato (430-347 BC) had an idea of Forms and Beliefs, as well as dualism in which our world is a flawed reality of the world of Forms and Beliefs. Aristotle (384-322 BC) formed the Lyseum, a school in Athens, advocated for the scientific method, as well as organized species into Genea. Greece didn't believe in a single god, but rather many deities, as well as myths. They influenced fashion, art styles, philosophy, and literature in Bactria.

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The main beliefs that they practice includes Confucianism, Daoism and  Legalism. Legalism in the more dominant out of the three, Emperor Qin Shi Huang adopted its teachings. The Han dynasty continued the legalistic policy and taught Confucianism to administrators. The Qin dynasty does not have an importance to education, in 213 B.C the emperor ordered for books to be burnt and scholars to be buried. The Qin created the Chinese scripts for it new empire, and later the Han developed paper. The Qin created the Terra Cotta and built the Great Wall to barricade themselves from the invaders. The Han built universities for the teachings of Confucianism and they built items with wood as a main foundation.

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The ideas of the roman alphabet was stolen from the Greeks. They originally started off as a polytheistic religion that combined Latin deities with Greek pantheons. Everyone had to practice the state religion. During the Augustan age, culture flourished which saw th During the rein of Nero, Paul, a Roman citizen, preached Christian beliefs to the Roman citizens (particularly the lower class)