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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Greece

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-figure_pottery

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_conquest_of_Britain

https://mentor.schoology.com/system/files/attachments/files/m/201609/course/653993733/chap02_57cf75a5ce3e2.pdf

http://gosocialstudiesgo.wixsite.com/ancient-history/greek-democracy-

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A map of the Roman Empire at its height.

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The Jewish nation of Judea was conquered and governed by Rome, and when the Jew named Jesus preached to the people. This new religion of Christianity spread throughout the empire. At first the Christians were persecuted, but later the religion was accepted as the Roman Religion.

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Romans adopted much of the Grecian art style and sculpture. They also used much of Grecian style in their architecture of the cities.

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In 338 B.C. the Macedonian army conquered the Greeks at the battle of Chaeronea. Alexander The Great would take the throne soon after, and encourage the people he ruled over to adopt Grecian culture. This brought the Hellenistic Era, which means "to imitate Greece" . New cities were founded and art became a large part of society.

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The Classical Greece Era took place from about 500 B.C. to 338 B.C. There were two main wars in this time period, one to defeat the invading Persians and the other was the Great Peloponnesian War between Sparta and Athens. The Great Peloponnesian War left the greater city-states weaker and for 66 years Athens, Sparta, and Thebes would fight to control Grecian affairs.

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Mycenae was an early fortified Greek site. The people which lived there were able to take over much of the mainland and create a civilization. Monarchies were used to govern the area, and the Mycenaeans were supposedly responsible for the attack on Troy in Homer's "Iliad".

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Greece was responsible for adapting a new type of government, the Democracy. Much of how the Greek ran their government contributed to the way that the American government is run. Rome chose a Republic government instead, which we have also based our own upon.

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In early times, Greece was a collection of city-states rather than a single country. Rich nearly always held the power, and gradually the citizens became angry. In order to give themselves a say in the government they created democracies. Athens was one of the first democratic city-states.