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A similarity between Hellenistic Greece and the Qin/Han dynasty's economy is that they both used Silk Road. Both nations served as the endpoints of the Silk Road and both received exotic entities from each other. They both had administrative units to regularly tax each region since both empires were too large to govern by one body of government.

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A difference between the Qin/Han dynasty and the Greek empire is in their trade routes. In the Greek Empire, they relied on sea routes for trade to regions in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea. This was due to the fact that the terrain was rocky and the Balkan mountains restricted land travel. However, in the Qin/Han dynasty, land routes were utilized. For example, they had the Silk road, which allowed merchants to travel and trade to India.

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Persia used the Persian Royal Road as a way to easily trade with other countries. Similarly, Rome used the Silk Road that connected to Europe and Asia for trading as well.

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A similarity between the Gupta empire and the Greek empire is the form of transportation for trade.  For example, in Greece they used maritime trade using the Mediterranean sea to transport goods. Similarly, the Gupta also used maritime trade and had the Ganges river to import and export goods.
A contrast between Greece and the Gupta is the items they traded. In the Gupta empire, they traded agricultural crops and textiles. However with the Greek empire, they traded olive oil and grains.

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A similarity between the Qin and Han dynasties and the Gupta empire was that they both relied on textile manufacturing to increase their wealth. For example, the production of textiles such as silk for trading helped in increasing their economy.

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A similartity between persia and rome was that they both had overland trade. In rome, they traded along the silk road to reach china from Rome to trade for silk and gold while in Persia they used their Persian Royal road to trade from one end to another. The difference between Rome and Persia was their economy. Persia based it on agriculture.

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The textile industry was essential to the Gupta empire. The pottery industry was of great importance. Animals were used to transport trade goods. Items were transported by sea route. The empire imported silk and ivory from China. Rulers also distributed silver coins as forms of currency.

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Greece's influences had spread all throughout the Mediterranean, and as a result, trade increased dramatically. Greece mostly traded grapes and olive oil for items they cannot be easily obtained such as grains. For example, Alexandria, Egypt was a major port due to it location on the Nile, allowing it to trade with Asia Minor as well as parts of East Africa. Seleucid emperors worked to promote trade with South Asia, and as a result, Indian influences such as religion spread toward Asia Minor. Greeks learned  how the monsoon winds work which allowed them to travel safely by sea to India.

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The most popular trade route was the Persian Royal Road which was used for trade and to also send messages for important exports through the empire. Coins were created by Cyrus the Great and became a simpler way of trading than weighing products for exchange.. The foundation for Persian economy was agriculture, which increased money and trade throughout the empire.

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Rome traded within the Silk Road, connected Europe and Asia. They had access to the Mediterrean sea and the black sea. Overland roads were interregional and used for trade. They controlled farming in regions that fertile in Mesopotamia and the nile river. Had coins. Traded and borrowed ideas such as religion and culture. They imported silk from China.

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The Qin and Han dynasties' economy rose due to textile manufacturing. Economy also was boosted because of the opening of markets in the Han dynasty and the creation of currency. Furthermore, the creation of the Silk road boosted the economy because merchants could travel and trade to India, and trade by sea to the Greece, and Romans.

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Their economy was developed, like they used iron bars as currency and traded. Common crops that were grown were grapes and olives because of the mediterannean climate.  Also, due to colonization, more trade grew with coloniies in the Mediterraean as well as the black sea. Items that were traded were olive oil and wine, which were traded for things like fish, grain, and timber. In Alexandria, they had habors which attracted migrants of the mediteranean basin and merchant ships were used for trading. In the Hellenistic era, they traded through sea lanes of the mediteraneans. Slaves were brought as labor from free greeks that could not pay off their debt or from Nigeria and Russia.