Ancient Greece by Jasmine Scafuro https://padlet.com/87856/5blpzab3jwhc en-us 2016-09-08 18:11:16 UTC 2016-09-09 17:40:50 UTC hello@padlet.com 4.) Summarize how Christianity spread throughout the empire and eventually became the state religion of Rome. 87856 https://padlet.com/87856/5blpzab3jwhc/wish/122799982 -Christianity started as a religious movement in Jerusalem.
- After Jesus was executed and resurrected from the dead three days later, the religion gained hundreds of followers. 
-Apostles arose and began spreading the word of Jesus Christ. 
-Disciples claimed to know Jesus during his lifetime. These disciples put together letters and oral accounts of Jesus’s teachings creating the New Testament.
- By 100 AD, Christian churches could be found in most of the major cities in the eastern empire.

]]> 2016-09-09 16:17:27 UTC https://padlet.com/87856/5blpzab3jwhc/wish/122799982 1.) History of Ancient Greece-Mycenae to Hellenistic Period 87856 https://padlet.com/87856/5blpzab3jwhc/wish/122800638 -Mycenae was made up of monarchies
-It reached it’s peak between 1400 and 1200 BC and fell around 1100 BC
-After the fall of Mycenae, Greece suffered greatly, causing the Dark Ages
-Hellenistic period brought expansion after Alexander the Great took power.
-he brought many different cultures together through his quest to expand
]]> 2016-09-09 16:19:12 UTC https://padlet.com/87856/5blpzab3jwhc/wish/122800638 The Dark Ages 87856 https://padlet.com/87856/5blpzab3jwhc/wish/122802355 -Very little records were kept to document history
- Homer, a famous poet arose during this time
- after the dark ages, some polis’ were run by oligarchy, while others were run by democracy.
-From 1100-700 BC
]]> 2016-09-09 16:22:36 UTC https://padlet.com/87856/5blpzab3jwhc/wish/122802355 Classical Greece 87856 https://padlet.com/87856/5blpzab3jwhc/wish/122805921 - From 500 BC to 338 BC
- Determined by two battles. 
-The first battle lasted from 499 BC- 479 BC, where the Greeks defeated 2 Persian invasions
-Between 461 BC and 429 BC, Pericles helped Greece to expanding their rule
- Direct democracy became the nations method of governmen]]> 2016-09-09 16:29:57 UTC https://padlet.com/87856/5blpzab3jwhc/wish/122805921 Athens and Sparta 87856 https://padlet.com/87856/5blpzab3jwhc/wish/122807753  -Athens and Sparta developed two very different societies.
-Sparta was extremely strict.
-Athens focused on art, education and governement]]> 2016-09-09 16:34:19 UTC https://padlet.com/87856/5blpzab3jwhc/wish/122807753 2.) Discuss the contributions of early Greece to Western civilization. 87856 https://padlet.com/87856/5blpzab3jwhc/wish/122809459 -The Greeks sculpted the first form of democracy. 
-They made sure every male had a say in the large government decisions that affected their daily lives.
-Greeks words shape our english language. 
-Many of the english terms we use today are based off of smaller greek words.
-Western culture was influenced by the artistic ideals of Classical Greece. 
-They focused on eternal ideals, reason, moderation, balance and harmony. In architecture, they built monuments to honor their gods and goddesses. 


]]> 2016-09-09 16:38:07 UTC https://padlet.com/87856/5blpzab3jwhc/wish/122809459 3.) Discuss how Roman culture and society were heavily influenced by the Greeks. 87856 https://padlet.com/87856/5blpzab3jwhc/wish/122810898 -Rome based most of it's education systems off of Greek writings, such as those by Homer.
-Greece influenced Rome's religion. Rome mimicked their gods.

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