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It was founded around 2000 B.C
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Greek Mythology started off in 2000 B.C but it was fully developed around 700 B.C
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In ancient Greece the type of government that they had was a Monarchy (where a single ruler has full power).
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Athens was founded on the coast of the Aegean Sea
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Sparta is located on Peloponnesus Peninsula
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Rome, located on the Italian Peninsula, was founded about a 1000 years after Greece was.
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Rome based off their mythology off of Greece
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After many years of using the monarchy for Athens government, they switched to Aristocracy
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After Aristocracy, Tyranny became the next for of government in Athens.
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He made a written code of laws that had cruel punishments. He was one of the two tyrants that tried to reform Athens.
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He helped Athens with their economic problems and helped stop the mass debt that a lot pf slaves were in.
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In the end Democracy was the final type of government in Athens
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Sparta and Athens teamed up to fight against the Persian Empire, in the end the Athenians won the war.
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A period of time during the Persian Wars and the Peloponnesian War where Athens grew and was prosperous. Pericles rebuilt the Parthenon and extended Democracy.
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The Twelve tables was a code written by the Romans
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The Peloponnesian League and the Delian League fought against each other fro control of the Greek world.
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King Phillip II of Macedon conquered most of Greece before he was assassinated.
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After his fathers death, Alexander set off to conquer more land, and managed to rule a large empire that expanded from Greece to India and Egypt.
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It was a war between Rome and Carthage for the control of trade, they fought three wars until Rome destroyed Carthage.
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Julius Caesar started off as a Roman general and conquered Gaul, until he was assassinated by the Consul.
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Julius Caesar, Marcus Licinius Crassus, and Gneaus Pompey formed the First triumvirate
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He became the first Roman Emperor after Julius' death. He defeated Marc Anthony in a civil war.
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A span of 200 years of peace and prosperity for Rome, it happened when Augustus ruled then it died off with another emperor.
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Built for the Greek gods.
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Constantine began to rule the Roman Empire and then converted to Christianity.
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Emperor Constantine finally legalized Christianity and converted the Roman Empire to Christianity
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Constantine changed the Capital of Rome to Constantinople, and it provided more protection from the barbarians.
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After the last emperor the Roman Empire fall to the germanic tribes.
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He was the new ruler of the Byzantine Empire, and made a new code, they had Greco-Roman culture preserved in his libraries.
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Emperor Justinian built the Hagia Sophia to show his power, but since then it has become on of the most holiest sites to visit.
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St. Cyrill makes a new language for the Russians when they converted to Christianity.
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The Greek Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church split because of disagreements.
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