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A Jewish prophet named Jesus preached throughout Judaea. Rome thought of him as a threat and his opponents turned him into to the authorities. This lead to the death of Jesus. After his death his followers said that he had risen from the dead. Christianity began as a religious movement inside Judaism. New Testament. Many romans viewed Christianity as harmful to the roman state. The Romans hate against Christianity only fueled it to grow larger and spread. Constantine became the first Christian emperor and Christianity soon became the religion of the Roman Empire.

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Their government was a republic with two consuls that were chosen every year. The city was engaged in warfare a lot. They conquered the Greeks. Rome conquers the Mediterranean. Patricians and plebeians. Julius Caesar. First code of law was called the Twelve Tables. Relied much on slave labor. (image is from the book)

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After the Persians lost, Athens took over the leadership of the Greek world. A man named Pericles was their leader. Athens expanded and at the same time democracy was growing at home. This period was called the Age of Pericles. During this time the Athens became very attached to their democratic system. It was a direct democracy which means that people participate directly in government decisions. The Athenian Empire left the greek world divided into two major camps. Those were the Athenian Empire and Sparta. They had built two very different societies. A series of disputes finally led to the outbreak of the Great Peloponnesian War in 431 B.C. It lasted to 405 B.C. The Athens surrendered and the Athenian Empire was destroyed.

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Roman Culture Heavily Influenced by Greek Culture.

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Roman Culture Heavily Influenced by Greek Culture.

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Language was Latin  just like the Greeks. Their governments were a little similar and by that I mean that some people had the right to vote

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Greeks contribution the Western Civilization.

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Greeks contribution the Western Civilization.

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The Greeks contributed many things to Western Civilization. This included their culture and beliefs. The Athens democracy was the biggest impact on western civilization.

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The word "Hellenistic" comes from a Greek word meaning "to imitate Greeks". Since the Greeks expansion of the Greek language and ideas to non-Greek world it only seemed appropriate. The empire that Alexander created soon fell apart because he died. 4 kingdoms grew because of his death: Macedonia, Syria, The Kingdom of Pergamum, and Egypt. All were conquered by the Romans.

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The Greeks northern neighbors were viewed as barbarians. They were known as the Macedonians. When Philip II came to the Macedonian throne in 359 B.C. As a great admirer of greek agriculture, he longed to unite Greece under Macedonia. Philip wanted to attack Persia but before he could he was assassinated. He left his task to his son Alexander. He was only 20 when he took over the throne of Macedonia. Alexander moved quickly to take over the Persian Empire. By 331 B.C. Alexander had control of it. Alexander created a new age called the Hellenistic Age.

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Classical Greek art was concerned with expressing eternal ideas. Those ideas included reason, moderation, balance, and harmony in all things. The most important thing was temples that were built to worship gods and goddess. (image found in the book)

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This name is given to the period of Greek history from around 500 B.C. to the conquest of Greece in 338 B.C. Two wars. The first one took place between 499 B.C. and 479 B.C. The Greeks worked together to stop the two invasions by the Persians.

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Mycenae was a fortified site in Greece.The Mycenaean Greeks were part of Indo-European family. The civilization reached its high point between 1400 and 1200 B.C. It was made up of powerful monarchies. Mycenaeans spread outward conquering Crete and making part of their world. The civilization collapsed around 1100 B.C.