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This information came from the text book and from the "Rise of Christianity" document in Actively Learn

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https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a4/Peloponnesian_War.png

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https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a4/Peloponnesian_War.png

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Romans took greek inspiration in their art through sculptures and architecture through columns and rectangular buildings

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Romans were very hostile until the Christians until Constantine had his soldiers bear a christian symbol on their shields and soon after more and more people began to convert because of the new found tolerance for the religion. It was also very appealing to many Romans, especially the poor.

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The Greeks brought new art, architecture, philosophy, and most importantly the idea of democracy to the western world.

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The empire to the north of Greece, Macedonia, was ruled by Philip II. His goal was to unite Greece under his rule and he accomplished this when he crushed the Greeks. His goal however was to conquer the Persians. He was assassinated before he could do this and rule passed to his son Alexander. Alexander was able to conquer Persia but, he died at Babylon soon after. After his death, many hellenistic kingdoms which imitated many Greek ideas.

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The center of Greek life was know the polis or city state. With two of the largest being Athens and Sparta. During the classical era the government changed from a Oligarchy to a democracy, but because the life styles of Athens and Sparta were so different they began to fight in what became known as the Peloponnesian War. After the war, Athens was defeated and all the major city states were left weak. Art during this era was centered around the human being and architecture was  centered around building temples for the gods. Philosophers tried to find the nature of the universe and Dramas and plays were preformed during this time period. Homer wrote many epics including Iliad and Odyssey.

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Early Greeks did not have much contact with each other due to the rocky and mountainous terrain and because of this lack of contact they developed multiple ways of life. Ancient greeks became great sailors and seafarers because of their close proximity to water. The first city state in Greece was called Mycenae, it was run by monarchs who built the city state on a hill. Mycenae civilization collapsed in 1100 B.C. due to food shortage.