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Title: Early History of Europe


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Early History of Europe
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Classical Greece Rome
  • Both have made major contributions to the Western
    World even today

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Classical
  • Classical period great achievements
  • 800 B.C. - 400 A.D
  • Or Golden Age

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Classical Greece
  • Had been ruled by kings
  • City-states, or polis
  • Created a government where the people are in
    direct control
  • What form of government did they create?

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Democracy
  • World First Democracy
  • Direct Democracy
  • All citizens participate
  • Who do you think was a citizen?
  • What were their rights responsibilities
  • United States
  • Representative Democracy
  • Constitutional based Federal Republic with strong
    democratic traditions

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Athens Sparta
  • 2 most powerful city-states in Greece
  • Athens favored education
  • thinking/philosophy
  • Sparta favored military training
  • Always be prepared for war
  • United for the Persian War
  • Fought in against each other in Peloponnesian War

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Greek Culture Spread
  • Greece is conquered by Philip II of Macedonia
  • Alexander the Great
  • Spread culture from Egypt to Asia
  • Alexandria Egypt
  • Hellenistic Greek Like
  • Eventually fall the Romans

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Rome
  • Romes beginning
  • Twins Romulus Remus

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Rome
  • Rome created on 7 hills
  • Open for attack
  • Create a powerful military
  • Expanding Rome
  • Borrowed ideas from Greece
  • Latin alphabet, art, religion, mythology

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Creating a Republic
  • First ran by king
  • Republic people choose their leaders
  • Lead by 2 consuls
  • Consuls elected by the people to represent them
  • Senate landowners who serve for life
  • Created 12 Bronze Tables in which all laws were
    written dispayed

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Roman Empire
  • 264 -146 BC
  • War Punic War/ Invasions
  • Rome expanded throughout the Mediterranean
  • Gave them Roman citizenship
  • Began trading with India China
  • Fall of a Republic and beginning of an empire
  • Emperor absolute ruler for life (dictator)
  • Julius Caesar, Augustus Caesar
  • Pax Romana 200 year os Peace

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Roman Achievements
  • Temples, stadiums, baths
  • Colosseum
  • Pantheon
  • Aqueducts
  • Road
  • Increased the population of Rome

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Christianity
  • Jesus was born under Caesar Augustus
  • Jesus Death
  • Disciples spread Christianity to Rome
  • Many Christians were persecuted for their beliefs
  • Later emperors made Christianity the official
    religion of Rome
  • Constantine

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Fall of Rome
  • Moved the capital of Rome to what is now present
    day Istanbul, Turkey
  • Named it Constantinople
  • Plagues
  • Western part of Rome falls to Germans
  • Eastern part of Rome becomes known at the
  • Byzantine Empire that will last another 1000 yrs
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