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-Philip II united all of Greece under Macedonia -at the Battle of Chaeronea in 338 B.C., Philip was assassinated and his son Alexander the Great was left to rule
-by 331 B.C. he gained control over the Persian empire, fulfilling his fathers goal
-also took egypt and present day india
-after Alexander's death the empire was split into three kingdoms

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Sparta:
-ruled by two kings
-focused on military and war strategies
-women had more freedom
-didn't encourage the study of philosophy literature and arts
Athens:
-became an oligarchy tuned
-was ruled by aristocrats and was causing conflict with the lower class people due to lack of say in the government
-the government was changed so that the people had more power by Solon and Cleisthenes

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Athens' military campaign against the Peloponnesian League that eventually ended the Greek Golden Age, as told by musician and artist Jeffrey Lewis.

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Spread of Christianity : The Religion of Rome

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Spread of Christianity : The Religion of Rome

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-Christianity started with Judaism
was spread throughout Rome once Judea was conquered
-Jesus, a large preacher of Judaism, stirred many peoples beliefs and was killed as being called a threat
-those who believed Jesus was a messiah and rose from the dead were christians
-the resurrection convinced many Roman citizens to follow the religion
-soon churches were built in many cities and towns as the word by mouth and soon literature was passed
-although the population of christians was a strong minority, it proved attractive to all social classes
-thrived when Constantie became the first christian emperor in 313

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Rome conquered much of Greece allowing them to adapt to their culture
-the rebuilding of old cities and creation of cities called for Greeks influence on their architecture and sculpting
-the city of Alexandria became known for scholars of all kinds
adopted some of the democratic aspects of government
-war techniques were also adopted

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-Alexanders empire fell apart after his death and all was eventually conquered by the romans
- this caused a large spread of greek culture through southwest Asia
- the city of Alexandria held many scholars of many studies and more realistic, economical art was created

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500-338 B.C.
-is marked by two wars
-during the age of Pericles, democracy flourished
-Peloponnesian war 431B.C.-405B.C. between Athens and Sparta
-Athens eventually surrendered
-war weakened the Greek states and small wars and battles continued
- a classical art style was created to civilize emotions
-archetechture was designed for greek temples for gods
-drama played large role in Greek culture
-philosophy included Socrates using question answer format(Socrative method), Plato wrote about the government and established a school, and Aristotle analyzed things based on observation and investigation wrote about many things including politics astronomy and biology, much more

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-Flourished between 1600 and 1100 B.C.
-Made of powerful monarchies
-Greece consisted of high mountain ranges isolating it and causing differentiated life styles and cultural development
-very sea based
-Homer's epic poems helped create history for Greeks and taught students to be proud of their heritage and heroins of the poems
-not much was mentioned or recorded about the dark age before his epic poems