Global History Unit 2a

Persia

  • Dynasties & Dates

    • Achaemenids (558-330 BCE)

    • Seleucids (328-283 BCE)

    • Parthians (247 BCE-224 CE)

    • Sassanids (224-651 CE)

  • Key Facts

    • Cyrus the Great

    • Darius the Great

    • Zoroastrianism

    • Persepolis

    • Satraps

    • Extensive trade routes

    • Fell to Alexander the Great, ruled by Greeks, then fell to Rome

Greece

  • Historical Periods & Dates

    • Archaic (2500-1100 BCE)

    • Dark Ages (1100-800 BCE)

    • Classical (700-338 BCE)

    • Hellenistic Era (c. 323 - 32 BCE)

    • Alexander (356-323 BCE)

  • Key Facts

    • City-states

    • Direct Democracy

    • Athens and Sparta

    • Greek philosophers: Socrates, Plato, Aristotle

    • Peloponnesian War

    • Hellenistic Age

    • Women had low status and little power

    • Trade (extensive trade routes)

    • Significant contributions to philosophy, democracy, mathematics, and the arts

Rome

  • Historical Phases & Dates

    • The Kingdom (753-509 BCE)

    • The Roman Republic (509-31 BCE)

    • The Roman Empire (31-476 CE)

  • Key Facts

    • Augustus Caesar (Octavian)

    • Christianity

    • 1st and 2nd Triumvirates

    • Structure: Consuls, Senate, Assemblies

    • Julius Caesar's assassination on March 15, 44 BCE

    • Eastern/Byzantine Empire survived after the Western Empire fell to Germanic tribes

    • The empire too large for one emperor to rule

    • Extensive trade routes

    • Women had low status and little power