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After Jesus preached throughout Judaea, more and more people began believing he was the savior. Paul taught that Jesus' death cleansed the world of their sins, and by accepting Christ you could be reconciled by god. The preachings of Jesus were written down in the Gospels. After his death, his believers saw him rise from his tomb. After this happened, Christianity won over followers from Judaism. After writing the New Testament, many Christian Churches had been established. Being Christian seemed appealing to everyone, as everyone was promised an eternal, great life. Later when Constantine became the emperor, he proclaimed the official tolerance of Christianity.

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In the third and second century of the Roman Empire, the Romans developed a Greek style of art. Romans used Greek sculptures and statues in public buildings and houses. The Romans used Greek architecture such as colonnades and rectangular buildings. They even fulfilled the Greek dream of huge structures with concrete.

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How they Influenced Western Civilization

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How they Influenced Western Civilization

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The greeks asked basic questions about the purpose of life, divine forces, and the truth. They created a system for logical thought that answered these questions. The Greeks followed the ten commandments which also laid out a path for Western Civilization.

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Alexander the Great and the Hellinistic Period

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Alexander the Great and the Hellinistic Period

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Alexander the Great at age 20 became the the ruler of Macedonia. He fulfilled his fathers dream of invading the Persian Empire, then marched on further. He took over lands as far as modern day Pakistan, then entered India where his soldiers refused to go further. He died at 32 due to exhaustion, drinking, wounds, and fever. After his death, all unity was gone but four kingdoms emerged. The Hellinistic Period was a period of cultural accomplishments such as Alexandria, a great city home to scholars of all kind.

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Classical Greece is described by its advanced intellectual culture full of reason, moderation, and balance. There were rooms full of treasure for the gods, the Parthenon dedicated to the patron goddess of Athens, and shows clarity and culture. Philosophy rose along with Aristotle, Socrates, and Plato. Plays were played at religious festivals, and many great advancements took place in ethics, logic, politics, poetry, astronomy, geology, biology, and physics.

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Classical Greece was the period in between 500 to 338 BC. In this period, the Greeks worked together to defeat two Persian invasions. Athens took over Greece in this time, and it flourished. Athens and its direct democracy did not agree with the Spartans, which sparked the Peloponnesian war. This lasted from 431 to 405 BC when Athens surrendered and the two city states "cooperated".

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In 700 BC, Athens was a unified polis on the peninsula of Attica. Athens became its own oligarchy controlled by aristocrats. Due to economic troubles, many farmers were sold into slavery. In 593 BC full power of Athens was given to Solon who freed them all, but did not solve the problems. Later, Cleisthenes gained full control of Athens and spread democracy.

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Sparta was a tightly controlled city-state with men forced to enroll in the military by age 20, then could leave when they were 60. Spartan women had greater freedom than other city states as most men were gone from home and in the military.

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Around 750 BC, the Greeks used a Polis for their political, social and religious activities. There were people who controlled them as a goal to stay committed to the government, and protect the lives of people in Greece.

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Homer wrote epic poems about the Trojan War, such as the Iliad and the Odyssey. Not only did he record history, he created it, giving young Greece children something to be proud of of Greece's heroic past.

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Around 1100 BC when Mycenae collapsed, Greece went into an age of darkness due to a shortage of food and a low population.

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Mycenae was a fortified site in Greece that flourished between 1600 and 1100 BC, but reached its high between 1400 and 1200 BC. Mycenae was made up of powerful monarchies and a strong military that conquered Crete.