Steeds, Silk and Scourge
- Luke Hally
- Dec 16, 2021
- 2 min read
Analysing the precursor, extent and impact of Nerva-Antonine dynasty interactions with the Han Empire.
Luke Hally
This research outlines a multidisciplinary and comparative perspective approach upon the extent of the interactions of the empires of Rome and Han China during the Nerva-Antonine period. This comprehensive analysis elucidates further clarity within the academic discourse of this matter. Assessing these interactions through a tripartite structured manner, in which the individual components of the precursor, extent and impacts of these interactions are thoroughly researched. These components serve to strengthen the comprehensive clarity of this particular focus, through analysis of the precursor of the establishment of the Silk Road, the extent of the evidence of interactions of the two empires during the Nerva-Antonine period, along with the impacts resulting from these interactions. This scope allows for an in-depth assessment of the nature of these interactions, their developments and the impacts that result from them. The three components of this thesis will specifically focus on the catalysing precursor of the Han-Dayuan War in 102 BC, the extent of Roman/Han interactions reflected through the extrapolation of the most recent data and the impacts of the scourge of plague that proliferated through these lines of contact. Within these components, the developmental trajectory of the transfers and exchanges of the two civilization spheres will be consistently outlined to bolster the clarity of perspective on how the two distant geographic entities interacted across the continents of Europe and Asia. The multidisciplinary approach of this thesis incorporates a wide array of academic disciplines. These include archaeological, philological, epidemiological, and anthropological means of data analysis. This analysis is further incorporated through the development of a comprehensive impact model, which is aided through political, economic and military assessment. A secondary component of this thesis incorporates a comparative model of political and economic assessment of the contemporary implementation of the Chinese Belt and Road Initiative, and the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic with regards to their effects upon the European Union. The Nerva-Antonine period reflects the highest frequency of the extent and evidence of interactive transfers with the Han Empire and forms the basis of the core focus of this thesis. This 2nd century period reflects the greatest territorial extent of both empires and the highest frequency of primary data findings, thus offering a useful insight on furthering comprehension on this matter.
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