Compare And Contrast Qing And Han Dynasty

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In the Dynastic Cycle, the Qing and Han Dynasties of ancient China showed similar periods of decline. For instance, they both ignored the needs of the poor. In the Qing dynasty, all of the money that was supposed to go to support the common good and would have benefited the poor was used to bribe people instead. It also went to the fortunes of the government. In addition, there were floods which damaged the crops when the Qing government didn’t fix the canals. In the Han Dynasty, the importance of wealth dominated the government. They used the money to buy palaces which only benefits themselves when the poor needed it way more. Corruption and bribery dominated the government. The military wasn’t paid to guard the trade routes so when the people