chapter 5(classical greece) and chapter 6(anccient rome and early christianity) social studies
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Impact of the sea
It linked parts of Greece and other society’s
Geography
It made it difficult to unite Greeks under one goverment
Contact between Mycenaeans and minoans
The Mycenaeans adapted Minoan culture
After the Trojan war
Mycenaean civilization collapsed and the Dorian’s invaded
Myths
People were seeking to understand nature and the power of human passions
Polis
The city and the surrounding countryside
Athenian government
Created a democracy out of a aristocracy
Sparta as a military state
They feared a revolt by the helots
Themistocles and the Persian invasions
Wanted to evacuate Athens and fight at sea
Beginning of the golden age of Athens
Athens had to have control of the Delian league
Athenian democracy under Pericles
Increased the number of paid officials
Classical are during the golden age of Athens
The characteristic of classical art is proportion
Decline of Athens golden age
The defeat of the Peloponnesian war
Socrates
Encouraged Greeks to question themselves
Macedonia conquers greece
Peloponnesian war weakened greece
Alexander the Great’s theacher
Aristotle taught Alexander what he needed to know to become a great leader
Regions Alexander the Great conquered
Greece, the Persian empire, Egypt, the Indus River valley
Effect of Alexander’s wars
The mixing of Greek and eastern culture
Alexandria, Egypt during the Hellenistic period
The most important center of commerce and Hellenistic culture
Library of Alexandria
Had half a million scrolls
Scholarly achievements in the Hellenistic period
The compound pullie
Epicurus teaching
The greatest good and the highest pleasure comes from virtuous conduct
Hellenistic sculptures
More realistic than the Greeks
Early Roman culture
Influenced by the Greeks and the etruscans
Twelve tables
Listed the laws that protected all free citizens of Rome
Roman treatment of conquered people
Made them citizens and formed alliances with them
The Punic war
Rome wins and dominates the Mediterranean
The growth of Rome
Many people left landless and poor
Assasination of Julius Caesar
Stabbed 33 times by the other senators; Rome becomes an empire ruled by one man
Pax Romana
Roman peace; a long period of peace and stability in the Roman Empire
Slaves in Rome
Slaves were treated like property and forced to do hard labor
Message of Jesus
Do onto others and you want done onto you; it had special appeal to the poor because he had power and wealth
Christian persecution
Because they refused to worship the Roman gods
Spread of Christianity
To resolve disagreements about Christian belifes
Mercenaries
The recruiting of mercenaries for the army was a sign of the emperors weakness after the Pax Romana
The division of the empire
The emperor believed the empire was too big for one person
New capital of Constantinople
The center of power shifted from Rome to the east
Collapse of the western Roman Empire
The invasions of the Germanic tribes and Huns
The eastern Roman Empire
Thrived for 1,000 more years
Roman sculpture
More realistic than the Greeks
Roman culture influenced today
May English words have a base in Latin
Roman law
A person is considered innocent until proven guilty