Note that neither the Han dynasty nor the Tang dynasty started out occupying as much territory as the maps from part A show. The maps show the dynasties’ territories only at the height of each empire. In about 50 to 100 words, explain what you think likely helped each empire spread over so much territory. Was it trade, conquest, or some mixture of both? Be sure to support your answer with evidence, and don’t hesitate to look up additional information if you need help with your answer.

I think it's a bit of both

Explanation:

Taking Britain as an example, its overseas colonial expansion went through three stages. They are the stages of adhering to mercantilism, carrying out "license" system, "pillaging ship" model and establishing commercial capitalism centered on the North American colonies. After the Industrial Revolution, it gained the position of commodity competition, and under the guidance of free trade thought, it seized the key places of trade network, raw material producing areas and markets by means of maritime hegemony and gun diplomacy, and constructed the free capitalism stage of invisible trade empire. As well as the industrial capital (imperialism) stage in which the British empire was built with India as the core, the British empire returned to the colonial road after suffering fierce competition from other European countries.

It was some mixture of both Trade and Conquest.

Explanation:

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