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Greeces very close ocean helped out the growth of there city- states. It also heavily influenced there trade. Minoans, Mycenaes
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Chinese society began along the Huang He River and started with the Shang dynasty. Farming in China was very possible because the physical geography helped with that. The geography made commutation and travel a lot more difficult. Civilization in China was made along two rivers the Huang He and Chang Jiang. Chinese society was formed from the fist dynasty's.
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This chapter includes china geography, a few of China's dynasty's like the Zhou (1100s), Shang (1500s), and Han (206 BC) dynasty's.
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Homer was a famous greek literature author, he wrote the Iliad and the Odesessy. Historians don't have much information on Homer, they think he was blind and to write his books he read them aloud
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Romulus became king of Rome and named the city after himself calling it Rome. He killed his brother Ramus to get the throne
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Rome had a great location and there government was good too so they became a huge powerful country. Rome had a three part goverment and there laws helped keep country in order
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A group of rebels got together and decided to rebel against the aristocrats. There rebellion didn't work. Because of the rebellion a new set of laws was created
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Confucius was born and brought many new ideas to the Chinese people many of those ideas are still used today in Chinese culture.
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The Medes ruled the Persians for 150 years. Cyrus the Great led the Persians against their rulers and he won. He got Persia's independce
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Greece and Persia ruled a amazing empire that brought them conflict with the greek people. Sparta and Athens got into conflict. Alexander the Great made a great empire. The Greeks made long lasting achievements Persians,Spartans
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Romans passed there first laws and displayed them on a table. They displayed them on 12 tables in the Roman public meeting hall also called the Forum
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A war between Sparta and Athens was called the Pelopoinisian War. Sparta had threatened to "tear Greece apart."
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A temple was built in Athens called the Parthenon. It was built on a hill called the Acropolis
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Alexander the Great died leaving Egypt, Macedonia, and Syria Hellenistic.
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Christianity started to become a very major religion of Rome. Although it was a major religion Christians were still persecuted throughout the country. Emperor Constaine helped end persuctuion of Christians.
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Carthage tried to attack Rome with their army led by the general Haniba. Once they reached Rome, Hainbal got scared and turned around
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The emerpor of the Qin dynasty wa Shi Huang Di. The name means first emperor but his real name is Ying Zheng. He made really strict laws and followed legalistic beliefs in politics.
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The Silk Road was a very famous trade route that was 4,000 miles long. The road went from west of China through Asia's deserts. It also ranges through the Middle East, and the Mederterian Sea.
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Diocletian became emperor of Rome and when he was emperor he was very convinced that the Roman Empire was too big for him, just one person to rule. So his solution was that he would rule one half and another “co-Emperor” ruled the other half
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Pax Romana meant Roman peace. It really did bring in peace to Rome for many years to come, with Pax Romana the Roman Empire grew, trading was really good and because of good trading many romans became wealthy. These were good times for Rome sadly the Pax Romana didn’t last very long it eventually ended.
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Wudi created a new government in China. He really wanted a strong government. To make China strong, he took land from lords, raised the tax, and took grain supplies
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When Rome changed from an empire to a republic they grew politically and economically, they also influenced later civilisations with a culture they devolped. The people who were apart if the Roman Empire practced many religions until Christianity came. The teachings of Jesus went through the empire and soon became a main religion of Rome. Problems going on in Rome made them split up into western and eastern sides. the western side flopped and the eastern side lasted for the next hundred years.
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Minoans built ships that were very strong and used for trade. The trade
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Confuciusm ideas are still a big part of Chinese culture. No matter what your religion is the culture and way of life in China still uses confusion
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Modern day Rome got its name from a man who lived in Anceint times. Legend says that he killed his brother to get the throne and when he got it the throne he named the city Rome after himself
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An aqueduct is a “Raised Chanel of water used to carry water from mountains into cities” aqueducts are still around today. There’s even an aqueduct in Penang. Although the aqueducts aren’t in use anymore they are still around.
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The Iliad and Odessy are still well known and read by people today
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All philosophical discovery can be traced back to Socrates and his teachings about life. If it wasn't for Socrates we wouldn't have know a lot of their discoveries about life
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The modern name of the capital of Italy came from a man named Romulus who lived in Ancient Rome. Because of him now Rome has it’s modern name