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Jesus was born in Bethlehem
-  Around 30, he began teaching
- Jesus's teachings said to love God, others, and yourself
- Paul played a major role in Christianity
- He was a Roman that persecuted Christians
- On Saul's way to Damascus, he was blinded and later became a christian
- He could easily sp

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Rise of Christianity-Pink
Roman empire-Purple
Rise of Islam-White
Peloponnesian war-Green
Alexander the Great-Yellow
Siddartha Gutama-Blue

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Had  2 set paths
Religious Leader
World Leader

Confined at home until he got out at 29

realized his kingdom was suffering

went on a 6 yr spiritual quest

after a 49 day meditation he found it was people making people suffer

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Siddhartha grew up living the extravagant life of a young prince.

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-Born to a noble Family in India
-Prophecy
-If he stayed in the kingdom he would become a world leader
-If he left the kingdom he would become an universal religious leader
-His family did not allow him to leave the kingdom
-At the age of 29, he ventured out into his kingdom
-He realized his kingdom was suffering
-He wondered Forests in India trying to find the answer to suffering
-After 49 days of meditation, he gained insight on the causes of suffering and became the Buddha.

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- When he was 29 he ventured out of the palace he soon saw a old man, poor man, a corpse, and a holy man who seemed at peace with himself.

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Known as Budda or "enlightened one"

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-Between Athens and Sparta
-Sparta declared war on Athens
-Athens had a powerful navy
-Sparta had a powerful army
-Population of athens hid behind the walls
-Plague spread through Athens killing 30% of the population including pericles
-There was then a short period of peace
-Peace was ended when Athens attacked Syracuse (Sparta's wealthiest ally)
-Athen's lost his navy
-War lasted another 9 years
-Athen's surrendured
-All city states weakened
-Allowing Macedonia to take over all of greece

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Rise of Christianity in the Roman Empire

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Rise of Christianity in the Roman Empire

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-  Jesus was born in Bethlehem and began teaching about Christianity when he was 30.
- He brought the idea that anyone could be a Christian and they didn't have to be a Jew to accept Christianity.
- Christianity spread through Rome quickly because it was open to the poor and it saved them from their suffering.
- Theodosius made Christianity the official religion of Rome.
- Constantine was the first Roman leader to accept Christianity.
- Paul of Damascus was also a huge help to the spread of Christianity, because he had citizenship of Rome.
- Peter was the first pope.

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one of the causes was inflation or a drastic drop in the value of money coupled with a rise in prices. this weakened the economy and caused a lot of poverty throughout the empire.

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Rise of Christianity in the Roman Empire

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Rise of Christianity in the Roman Empire

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After being blinded on the road to Damascus, Peter began spreading the word of god.

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The soil was not fertile anymore because they didn't no about how you need to switch crops around.

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It was the fight against the Persians where he earned the title "Great"

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The peloponnesian war was the result of a long-simmering tensions between Athens and Sparta. By the wars end, Athens was nearly completely destroyed

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The expansion of Islam north stopped after the Battle of Tours.

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-Alexander's father Philip conquered the weakend Greek city states
-After Philip died, Alexander became king
-Alexander took 35,000 men across the hellespont into Perian territory
-Alexander defeated the Persians and pushed them to the eastern edge of Persia
-He then took control of all coastal cities to protect himself from the Persian navy
- He conquered Egypt and returned to the Persian heartland to defeat them for good
-After defeating the Persians, Alexander marched his troops into India
-His troops said they were tired and wanted to go home so Alexander reluctantly agreed
-Alexander gets a fever and stops in Babylon to rest but eventually dies

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- Jesus was born in Bethlehem
-  Around 30, he began teaching
- Jesus's teachings said to love God, others, and yourself
- Paul played a major role in Christianity
- He was a Roman that persecuted Christians
- On Saul's way to Damascus, he was blinded and later became a christian
- He could easily spread the gospel through Rome because he had citizenship there
- Christianity later became the official religion of Rome

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12 disciples
Peter
Andrew
Sons of Zebedee
Philip
oliver
Thomas
Judas Iscariot
Judas (not Iscariot)

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Alexander never lost a battle

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The end of Marcus Aureilius's reign is considered the end of the Pax Romana.

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-Won all the wars he lead with his army
-Was a natural born leader
-Alexander fell ill from fever and dies at the age of 32.

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Fighting the Persians gave him the title of "Great"

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Founder of Buddhism

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Father was king in 359BC

336BC Father was killed Alenander took over

Alexander was 20 when he took the crown

Alexander was personally tutored by Aristotle

Alexander united Greece and went after Persia

After the murder of the Persian king Darius III, Alexander hunted down and killed the murderer

Alexander died in 323BC from illness

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Jesus was a carpenter
He began teaching when he was 30 years old

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Roman soldiers lacked loyalty to Rome, the loyalty tied with their commanders who constantly fought among themselves.

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Muhammad was raised by his uncle and grand father

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- Muhammad was born in Mecca
- Raised by his uncle and grandfather
-At age 40, believed that angel  Gabriel came to him
-Believes to be a messenger of Allah and the last prophet.
- His first followers were his wife, family, and close friends
- Considered to be a threat to  Mecca’s multiple religious system
- He took his followers to Yathrib in 622 A.D.
- In 630 A.D. Muhammad and his 10,000 followers retook the city of Mecca.
- General Mu’awiyah became the new caliph, he will later move the capital from Medina to Damascus.

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-Jesus was born in Bethlehem
-Raised in Nazareth
- Began teaching when he was 30
- Jesus told everyone that they could become a Christian
-Paul was a Roman citizen and could travel anywhere throughout the empire.
-He converted a lot of people to Christianity.

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- There was growing discontent in lower classes
- Soldiers were loyal to their commanders and not to Rome
- The empire was to large

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The military did not have much money
-They had poor harvest
-civil war and unrest
-Division of the empire

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* Muhammad was born in Mecca and orphaned at age 6.
* At age 40, Gabriel came to him while he was meditating
* He believed that he was the messenger of Allah, and that he was the last prophet
* Because of Mecca's multi-religious system, Muhammad was considered a threat.
* He took his followers to Yathrib, and once he gained more followers, he retook Mecca.
* Mu'awiyah moved the capital from Medina to Damascus due to its multiple benefits.

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Personally tutored by Aristotle who was extremely intelligent in all subjects.

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Took 35,000 men to invade Persia. The Battle of granicus, the Battle of Issus, and the Battle of Guagemala were the 3 wars against Persia and Alexanders army won all 3.

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-Born into wealthy family
-If he stayed home he would be a great world leader
-If he left he would become a universal spiritual leader
wondered forest for 6 years
-spent 49 days meditating under a tree

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Pirates disrupted trade

Overworked soil

Soldiers not loyal to Rome

Hired Merc

Inflation

Germanic tribes invaded while tring to get away from huns

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Foreign invaders and pirates disrupted trade