Question

the authors note that han china and imperial rome each had economies that were intensive enough to significantly affect their environments. how did they do this?

Answer 1

Answer: Chinese agricultural expansion led to deforestation, animal extinctions, erosion, and catastrophic flooding.

Roman mines released harmful lead pollution, affecting local people and drifting as far as Greenland.

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Answer 2

The Roman Empire and Han China have similar characteristics such as the form of imperial constitution, military methods, the struggle for land and economic development, which led to negative impacts on the environment.

Han China had agriculture and mining as its economic base, with emphasis on the export of iron, salt, copper and silk, which led to great economic expansion, but also generated deforestation, extinction of animals, floods and erosion.

The Roman Empire was economically based on trade and agriculture, which also led to the exploitation of natural resources and lead pollution from Roman mines, which negatively affected its large population and the environment.

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