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Classical Greece

Classical Greece. Vocabulary oligarchy aristocracy. Classical Greece. V ocabulary d emocracy monarchy. Classical Rome. Vocabulary republic Twelve Tables. Classical Rome. Vocabulary c onsuls plebeians. Classical Rome. Vocabulary patricians Senate. Classical Rome. Vocabulary

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Classical Greece

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  1. Classical Greece • Vocabulary • oligarchy • aristocracy

  2. Classical Greece Vocabulary democracy monarchy

  3. Classical Rome • Vocabulary • republic • Twelve Tables

  4. Classical Rome • Vocabulary • consuls • plebeians

  5. Classical Rome • Vocabulary • patricians • Senate

  6. Classical Rome • Vocabulary • Jesus of Nazareth • Caesar Augustus

  7. Classical Rome • Vocabulary • Constantine • Byzantium

  8. Classical Ages • Vocabulary • Emperor Justinian • Hagia Sophia

  9. Classical Greece & Rome What does it mean to live in a democracy? Right to own land Right to choose profession Right to vote for political representative

  10. Greece

  11. Types of Government Monarchy Aristocracy Oligarchy Democracy

  12. Building a democracy: • Solon, • ended debt slavery • Cleisthenes • created first democracy • Pericles • led Athens’ Golden Age

  13. The Classical Age of Greece500 BCE – 400 BCE Greece’s Magic Century, 5th c. BCE Persian Wars, • Darius I & Xerxses • “democracy survived”

  14. The Classical Age of Greece500 BCE – 400 BCE Greece’s Magic Century • Delian League • formed after Persian Wars • Athens grows • “Golden Age of Greece” • led by Pericles • stronger democracy • increased public jobs • promoted architecture and sculpture

  15. “Golden Age of Pericles”460 BCE – 429 BCE

  16. The Acropolis

  17. The Acropolis Today

  18. The Parthenon

  19. The Ancient Olympics

  20. The Classical Age of Greece • Peloponnesian War • Sparta vs. Athens • 27 year war • Sparta won • decline began

  21. The Classical Age of Greece Philosophers Search for Truth • “lovers of wisdom” • Socrates • Standards for truth & justice • Plato • The Republic • Aristotle • basis of scientific thought • taught Alexander the Great

  22. The Romans~500 BCE – 500 CE Republic - democracy Empire - dictatorship Each lasted ~500 yrs.

  23. The Geography of Rome

  24. World History—The Romans Formed Republic, 509 BCE - 27 BCE • 2 Consuls • Senate • tribunes Adopted the Twelve Tables of Law • Patricians • Plebeians • Slaves (33 %)

  25. The Twelve Tables, 450 BCE • Provided political and social rights for plebeians.

  26. The Roman Forum

  27. Roman Roads: The Appian Way

  28. Roman Aqueducts

  29. Roman Empire • Caesar Augustus, 27 bce • Beginning of Roman Empire • Also start of PaxRomana • Christianity developed and spread • Jesus of Nazareth, founder • New Testament – sacred text • Life after death • Salvation available to all • monotheistic

  30. The Roman Coliseum

  31. World History—The Romans

  32. Pax Romana: 27 BCE – 180 CE

  33. Imperial Roman Road System

  34. Roman Empire • Constantine • adopted Christianity – 313 ce • moved capitol to Constantinople – 330 ce

  35. Roman Empire • western Roman Empire fell, 476 ce • sacked by Visigoths • Constantinople • Became capitol

  36. Judaism • Abraham • Covenant with God • Old Testament • monotheistic devotion • no sacrifices to gods • Moses • 10 Commandments = Torah

  37. Christianity Jesus of Nazareth • Taught love and peace • similar to Buddhism • Open to all • Salvation after life • New Testament

  38. The Byzantine EmpireDuring the Reign of Justinian

  39. The Byzantine Emperor Justinian

  40. Byzantine Empire~500 – 1453 ce

  41. Byzantine Empire • Reign of Justinian & Theodora, early 6th c. • Built the Hagia Sophia & Hippodrome • Plus many other buildings • Tried to reconquer the former Western Roman Empire • Via General Belisarius • Nearly bankrupt the empire • Crushed the Nike Rebellion

  42. Byzantine Empire • Fall of Byzantium, 1453 • Constantinople conquered by Ottomans • Triggered European Renaissance

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