Greeks/Romans Mauryan/Gupta

-ruled by an emperor
- had slaves
-intellectual
-studied philosophy achievements -concept of zero and ten
-patriarchy
based numbers
-polytheistic -had five distinct social
classes
-had social distinctions
between lower and
upper class

Reasons for Similarities: Reasons for Differences:

-Both were between 600 B.C.E. and 600 C.E. -They were located in different parts of the world

-The growth of trade and money gave some people more power -The societies were based upon different religions
than others
-They were not yet directly connected by major
-Both were large empires that valued intellect trade routes