World History-Greece and Rome
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- four social studies strands
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political
economical
geographical
social - polis
- city-state
- political system of greece
- democracy
- democracy
- government in which citzens rule themselves
- life in sparta
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militaristic
no art/literature
much discipline
aristocracy gov.
slaves have no political rights - life in Athens
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democratic city state
built around an acropolis
strong emphasis on mind & body
Train to be citizens
women keep house - geography of greece
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S.E. region of the European continent
peninsula & many islands
meditteranaen controls climate
mountains - Peloponesian wars- cause and effects
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Cause
Dispute between Athens & Corinth starts 27 yrs. of fighting
Effect
Athens lost it's navy, empire, and demorctic gov. for a while - Persian wars-cause and effects
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Cause
When greek cities conquered by the persians disputed
Effect - Battle of Marathon
- Out numbered Athenians beat the Persians
- gov. of Rome
- Republic
- Republic
- citizens elect leaders
- Geography of Rome
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Italian peninsula into meditteranean
sicily island provides trade
Alps in the N. block cold winds - aqueduct
- canal like stone structure used to transfer water
- Plebians and their wants
- Common people,
- 12 tablets of law
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strict separation between plbians and patricians
prohibits plebians from serving as a consult, entering the Senate, and marrying patricians
listing laws protects citizens from unjust treatment - Pax Romana
- 200 years of peace in Rome
- New Building matrials of the Romans
- concrete
- political leaders of Greece and Rome
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Rome: Caesar-dictator
Greece: kings - Julias Caesar
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61 BC
talented govenor
resents SenateSenate fears his popularity
takes control of army
marches/invades rome defeats pompey rules gov.
dictator for life
land to poor, unites people, ends corruption
stabbed to death by senators