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3662915863"Classical" CultureCreated high levels ofachievemeny in art, science, &technologythat inpacted future ages0
3662915864Cultural DiffusionThe spreading of ideas or products from one culture to another1
3662915865Geography of Greece-surrounded by water -mountainous -hard to farm2
3662915866Greek polisIndependent city-states within each valley & its surrounding mountains3
3662915867AthensGreek city-state,4
3662915868Sparta5
3662915869DemocracyA government controlled by it's citizens, either directly or through representatives6
3662915870OligarchyA government in which power is in the hands of a few people- especially one in which rule is based upon wealth7
3662915871Peloponnesian WarsWars between Athens & Sparta; Sparta defeated Athens, but the war weakened the Greeks8
3662915872Socrates, Plato, AristotleQuestioned assumptions & the use of logic to find answers to questions9
3662915873Euclid and Pythagoras10
3662915874Alexander the GreatKing of Macedonia: expanded the empire, set sights on Persian empire(defeated King Darius III), Hellenic culture11
3662915875HellenismPeriod of Ancient Greek (Hellenic) history and Mediterranean history between the death of Alexander the Great and the emergence of the Roman Empire12
3662915876Geography of Rome13
3662915877The Punic WarsA series of three wars between Rome and Carthage; resulted in the destruction of Carthage and Rome's dominance over the western Mediterranean14
3662915878Roman RepublicPeriod of ancient Roman civilization beginning with the overthrow of the Roman Kingdom15
3662915879SenatorsIn Ancient Rome, the supreme governing body, originally made up of only aristocrats16
3662915880EmperorA sovereign ruler of great power and rank, especially one ruling and empire17
3662915881Twelve TablesThe modern legislation that stood at the foundation of Roman law, The tables consolidated earlier traditions into laws18
3662915882Roman EmpirePost-Roman Republic period of the ancient Roman civilization characterized by government headed by emperors19
3662915883Julius CaesarRoman statesman, general and notable author of Latin prose. Played s critical role in events that led to the demise of the Roman Republic20
3662915884Emperor Augustus(Octavian) was the unchallenged leader or Rome,21
3662915885Pax RomanaA period of peace and prosperity throughout the Roman Empire, lasting from 27 B.C. to A.D. 18022
3662915886Greek and Roman Mythology23
3662915887ChristianityThe religion based on the person and teachings of Jesus or Narzeth, or its beliefs and practices24
3662915888Emperor ConstantineRoman Emperor from 306 to 337 A.D. Son of Flavius25
3662915889Emperor Diocletian26
3662915890Greco-Roman CultureAn ancient culture that developed from a blending of Greek, Hellenistic, and Roman cultures27
3662915891Barbarian Invasions28

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