https://padlet.com/smithjw22/7kvlo1q52s0q 10 interesting things I learned this year en-us 2019-03-31 21:47:03 UTC 2023-03-02 12:34:17 UTC hello@padlet.com smithjw22 https://padlet.com/smithjw22/7kvlo1q52s0q/wish/347335041 The Roman Empire was the post-Roman Republic period of the ancient Roman civilization. Ruled by emperors, it had large territorial holdings around the Mediterranean Sea in Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, and the Caucasus.]]> 2019-04-01 18:22:03 UTC https://padlet.com/smithjw22/7kvlo1q52s0q/wish/347335041 smithjw22 https://padlet.com/smithjw22/7kvlo1q52s0q/wish/347387193 Sparta was a prominent city-state in ancient Greece. In antiquity the city-state was known as Lacedaemon, while the name Sparta referred to its main settlement on the banks of the Eurotas River in Laconia, in south-eastern Peloponnese. Spartwas a warrior society in ancient Greece that reached the height of its power after defeating rival city-state Athens in the Peloponnesian War (431-404 B.C.). ]]> 2019-04-01 20:30:52 UTC https://padlet.com/smithjw22/7kvlo1q52s0q/wish/347387193 smithjw22 https://padlet.com/smithjw22/7kvlo1q52s0q/wish/347392730 . At the time, they were some of the largest wars that had ever taken place.The Punic Wars were a series of three wars fought between Rome and Carthage from 264 BC to 146 BC.  At the time, they were some of the largest wars that had ever taken place.]]> 2019-04-01 20:52:09 UTC https://padlet.com/smithjw22/7kvlo1q52s0q/wish/347392730 smithjw22 https://padlet.com/smithjw22/7kvlo1q52s0q/wish/347397663 The Pax Romana was a long period of relative peace and stability experienced by the early Roman Empire.  It is traditionally dated as commencing from the accession of Caesar Augustus, founder of the Roman principate, in 27 BC and concluding in 180 AD with the death of Marcus Aurelius, the last of the "good emperors".]]> 2019-04-01 21:15:22 UTC https://padlet.com/smithjw22/7kvlo1q52s0q/wish/347397663 smithjw22 https://padlet.com/smithjw22/7kvlo1q52s0q/wish/347403177 Roman mythology is the body of traditional stories pertaining to ancient Rome's legendary origins and religious system, as represented in the literature and visual arts of the Romans. Roman mythology is based on Greek mythology ]]> 2019-04-01 21:46:28 UTC https://padlet.com/smithjw22/7kvlo1q52s0q/wish/347403177 smithjw22 https://padlet.com/smithjw22/7kvlo1q52s0q/wish/347404812 Monarchy was a form of government ruled by kings or monarchs ruled the polis. From about 2000 B.C.E. to 800 B.C.E., most Greek city-states were ruled by monarchs—usually kings (the Greeks did not allow women to have power). ]]> 2019-04-01 21:58:22 UTC https://padlet.com/smithjw22/7kvlo1q52s0q/wish/347404812 smithjw22 https://padlet.com/smithjw22/7kvlo1q52s0q/wish/347405456 The Neolithic, the final division of the Stone Age, began about 12,000 years ago when the first development of farming appeared in the Epipalaeolithic Near East, and later in other parts of the world. The tools that were use in this era were axes, blades, and scrapers.]]> 2019-04-01 22:03:30 UTC https://padlet.com/smithjw22/7kvlo1q52s0q/wish/347405456 smithjw22 https://padlet.com/smithjw22/7kvlo1q52s0q/wish/347415593 The Paleolithic era is a period in human prehistory distinguished by the original development of stone tools that covers 99% of human technological. It extends from the earliest known use of stone tools by hominins c. 3.3 million years ago, to the end of the Pleistocene c. 11,650 cal BP.]]> 2019-04-01 23:09:58 UTC https://padlet.com/smithjw22/7kvlo1q52s0q/wish/347415593 smithjw22 https://padlet.com/smithjw22/7kvlo1q52s0q/wish/347866340 The government in Mesoptoptama was influenced by religious authority. Its social structure was like this kings were at the top and slaves were at the bottom. ]]> 2019-04-02 23:26:38 UTC https://padlet.com/smithjw22/7kvlo1q52s0q/wish/347866340 smithjw22 https://padlet.com/smithjw22/7kvlo1q52s0q/wish/347869303 Had natural barriers and  desserts that helped protect against enemies. Egypt was a diverse kingdom that trade with Mesopotamian, and Nubian empire.]]> 2019-04-02 23:46:02 UTC https://padlet.com/smithjw22/7kvlo1q52s0q/wish/347869303