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Even though Chinese agriculture was far more advanced than Rome, they both needed agriculture for their economy. Both used slave labor for farming. Slaves were mostly made up of the lower classes

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Early Chinese thinkers developed 4 social classes ranging from the government to the craftsmen. The Rome elite class was similar to the government/top class in China. Both elite classes ran the government and staffed the empire.

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Trading was important to both societies. China and Rome often traded silk and other spices. China was more known for agriculture trading, but China coveted from Romes upper class.

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Both China and Rome controlled roughly similar amounts of land. China owned about 1.5 million square miles while Rome owns l.7 million square miles of land. Some differences were that people in China spoke mainly Chinese while people in Rome ethnically was non-Roman