https://padlet.com/104347/oh2k670rhprg en-us 2016-09-07 16:58:27 UTC 2024-07-28 22:33:52 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Diskette.png 104347 https://padlet.com/104347/oh2k670rhprg/wish/122198391 Back in ancient times, Greece was not the unified nation that we know today, but a collection of small city-states. A city-state is a city and the surrounding territory. The Greek city-states were constantly squabbling with each in an effort to gain more land. Despite this, the Greeks still managed to achieve some extraordinary thins such as the invention of democracy. They also came up with many of the core scientific ideas that we use today.]]> 2016-09-07 17:11:57 UTC https://padlet.com/104347/oh2k670rhprg/wish/122198391 104347 https://padlet.com/104347/oh2k670rhprg/wish/122202413 The Roman Empire was founded by a man named Augustus. During the early days of the Roman empire, things were very good for the general population. The people were content to have an authority figure and were not at all sorry to see the corrupt republic come to an end. Augustus built roads and improved education. He also invested huge sums of money into elaborate public works that kept his subjects happy.]]> 2016-09-07 17:20:09 UTC https://padlet.com/104347/oh2k670rhprg/wish/122202413 104347 https://padlet.com/104347/oh2k670rhprg/wish/122207973 The ancient Greeks, and the Athenians in particular are responsible for the founding of the first democracy the world has ever seen. Without democracy, our lives would be completely different that they are now. In most governments, there is one person or a handful of people who hold all the power. Democracy, however, is a system in which the people are the ones who really hold the power. Democracy has since been adopted my many nations around the world.]]> 2016-09-07 17:32:28 UTC https://padlet.com/104347/oh2k670rhprg/wish/122207973 104347 https://padlet.com/104347/oh2k670rhprg/wish/122516996 The Romans were the first civilization to invest in massive stadiums for entertainment purposes. The stadiums that the Romans built were very like the stadiums that we build today for various sports. The got the basic idea from the greeks who built smaller amphitheaters of similar design.]]> 2016-09-08 16:49:28 UTC https://padlet.com/104347/oh2k670rhprg/wish/122516996 104347 https://padlet.com/104347/oh2k670rhprg/wish/122519154 The Romans were also the first to built an extensive network of good roads. This not only helped them to move soldiers between trouble zones quickly, but it also encouraged people to travel and trade with each other. Increased trade meant that areas of the empire had access to goods that they might not have otherwise.]]> 2016-09-08 16:54:28 UTC https://padlet.com/104347/oh2k670rhprg/wish/122519154 104347 https://padlet.com/104347/oh2k670rhprg/wish/122519798 Athens was one of the largest city-states in Greece and it was here that the idea of democracy was born. The people of Athens, unlike the the warlike Spartans, were mostly concerned with improving education and civil services rather than making war with other city states. Athens was also home to many of the greatest greek philosophers such as Socrates.]]> 2016-09-08 16:55:51 UTC https://padlet.com/104347/oh2k670rhprg/wish/122519798 104347 https://padlet.com/104347/oh2k670rhprg/wish/122519881 Sparta was another large Greek city-state. Sparta was very different from Athens however. Its people were very warlike and most soldiers started training at a very young age and stayed in the army for the majority of their lives. The fact that men were often away at war allowed women in Sparta to have more control over their own lives that Athenian women usually did.]]> 2016-09-08 16:56:02 UTC https://padlet.com/104347/oh2k670rhprg/wish/122519881 104347 https://padlet.com/104347/oh2k670rhprg/wish/122523750 This is the largest stadium built by the Romans and still stands in Rome today]]> 2016-09-08 17:04:51 UTC https://padlet.com/104347/oh2k670rhprg/wish/122523750 104347 https://padlet.com/104347/oh2k670rhprg/wish/122529712 This drawing depicts two typical Hoplites, or heavy foot soldiers.]]> 2016-09-08 17:19:29 UTC https://padlet.com/104347/oh2k670rhprg/wish/122529712 104347 https://padlet.com/104347/oh2k670rhprg/wish/122815932 This picture shows an example of a typical Greek temple.]]> 2016-09-09 16:54:47 UTC https://padlet.com/104347/oh2k670rhprg/wish/122815932 104347 https://padlet.com/104347/oh2k670rhprg/wish/123201130 In the early days of monotheism, Jews were mostly persecuted and shunned because of their religion. This was true almost everywhere including the Roman Empire. Thousands of Jews were thrown to the lions to entertain the citizens. Then, around 312 AD, am emperor named Constantine went into battle against a rival with the shields of his soldiers bearing the Christian chi-rho sign. He won the battle and went on to promote christianity throughout the empire eventually making it the official religion.

]]> 2016-09-12 16:21:47 UTC https://padlet.com/104347/oh2k670rhprg/wish/123201130 104347 https://padlet.com/104347/oh2k670rhprg/wish/123206012 This is a drawing of the Christian Chi-rho sign.]]> 2016-09-12 16:31:08 UTC https://padlet.com/104347/oh2k670rhprg/wish/123206012