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By the Romans persecuting Christians, the religion actually grew more. Over three centuries it became the major religion of Rome.

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Christian churches were spread throughout the major cities in Rome. Christianity was liked because it gave meaning to life. Christianity prospered when Constantine issued the Edict of Milan which gave tolerance for the religion.

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Jewish messages were sent to Gentiles and Jews and Christian communities were founded.

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They used the ways of how building structures from the Greeks.

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Rome continued to use Greek architecture, but changed it slightly.

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Rome adopted types of Greek statues and sculptors.

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Rome created the Republic which was similar to Greek democracy.

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Greece created drama and philosophy. They also created new art techniques.

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Spartan woman had a bigger role in life because the men were all in the barracks.

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Homer created the epic poem which tells the story of a hero. This is similar to fantasies and fairy tales today.

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Greeks created up democracy. Where the people rule.

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The Hellenistic Period of Alexander the Great

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The Hellenistic Period of Alexander the Great

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Alexander is the son of Philip who wanted to invade Asia.

Before he could he was assassinated, so his son had to. Alexander was twenty when he was king of Macedonia.

He quickly invaded Asia and controlled the Persian Empire.

He planned to take over more, but his unhealthy habits killed him at the age of 32.

Alexander created the Hellenistic era which expanded Greece and its culture.

During this, Alexandria was created which was a cornucopia of culture, like music and poems.

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This time was marked by two major wars. The first was when the Greeks worked together to defeat two Persian invasions.

The second was the Great Peloponnesian War that was the huge civil war between Athens and Sparta.

Athens eventually surrendered to Sparta, but both were greatly weakened.

Greek art was strongly based on temples dedicated to Gods and Goddesses, but also included other small statues.

Greek philosophy was based around critical and rational thought about the world.

Drama was invented by the Greeks. They had plays at religious festivals.

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It was the first Greek state.

It was a fortified state discovered by a German archaeologist.

They were apart of the Indo-Europeans that traveled to southwest Europe.

It reached its height during 1400 and 1200 B.C. The Dark Age is when the civilization collapsed 1100 B.C.

Greece broke into Athens and Sparta. Sparta was an oligarchy headed by two kings and was strongly based on military. Athens was mainly an oligarchy headed by the aristocrats.