AP* EDITION|THE EARTH AND ITS PEOPLE: A GLOBAL HISTORY Chapter 5 Review
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World History [1]
AP* EDITION|THE EARTH AND ITS PEOPLE: A GLOBAL HISTORY CHAPTER 5 Larger Concept Section Review Vocabulary Terms Details ROME?S CREATION OF A MEDITERRANEAN EMPIRE, 753 B.C.E. ? 600 C.E. A Republic of Farmers, 753-31 B.C.E. -Rome?s central location in Italy and the Mediterranean, and its ability to draw on the manpower resources of Italy, were important factors in its rise to empire -Early Rome was ruled by kings, but the Republic, inaugurated shortly before 500 B.C.E., was guided by the Senate, a council of the heads of wealthy families Republic-the period from 507 to 31 B.C.E., during which Rome was largely governed by the aristocratic Roman Senate Senate-council whose members were the heads of wealthy, landowning families