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The Roman Republic

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Ancient Rome
Social groups
Roman Republic
Roman Kingdom
Roman law
Conflict of the Orders
Plebs
Etruscan civilization
Patrician
Ancient Carthage
Gracchi
Culture of ancient Rome

Week 6: The Roman Republic #romeishome Rome, Historical Consciousness, and History?s Importance Ovid?s poem (quote 1 on handout) Written around 9A.D. as epilogue to his poem, ?Metamorphosis? Augustus Caesar had been emperor of the Roman Empire for >20 years Era of the Pax Romana Greeks were the fathers of history But failed to see history in terms of a future Historical awareness of Greeks was geared towards the present Had no past rather than the Greek past Romans had a distinct past from which to gain insight into their present and future That past was the Greek past and history Embraced history (past, present, and future) Ovid?s epilogue speaks to this historical awareness Rome triumphed because of who the they thought they were Maintained positive image of themselves

Ancient Greece/Ancient Rivalries

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Alcmaeonidae
Greco-Persian Wars
Delian League
Classical Greece
Battle of Marathon
Classical Athens
Ionian Revolt
Histories
Peloponnesian War
Pericles
Cyrus the Great
Achaemenid Empire

Week 5: Ancient Greece/Ancient Rivalries The Birth of Ares Hera: queen of heaven Zeus: head of the gods; husband of Hera Athena: daughter of Zeus and Metis Goddess of war and wisdom Zeus feared that she would be stronger than himself So ripped her from mother?s womb Swallowed the fetus full Athena sprung from his head fully formed with helmet and spear Dionysus: son of Zeus Zeus put him into his own thigh after his mother (not Hera) died God of fertility and wine Hera was jealous and wanted to have a child for herself Took a herb which allowed her to have a child immaculately Child was Ares, god of war Hera decided she didn?t really like Ares He was whiny and hateful, and Zeus just ignored him Two giants (the Aloadai) abducted Ares in his infancy and trapped him in a bronze jar

Ancient Greece

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Alcmaeonidae
Greek culture
Troy
Athenian democracy
Cleisthenes
Classical Greece
Classical Athens
Isagoras
Ancient greece
Sparta
Heinrich Schliemann

Week 4: Ancient Greece ?You get that nice feeling of? moistness?? Professor Chaves, 2015 Finding Troy Heinrich Schliemann: founder of Troy Gifted amateur archaeologist Dad told him about The Iliad when he was eight Led to him wanting to find archaeological proof of the existence of Troy Went into business to fund search for Troy Claimed to have found original site of Troy at Hisarlik City in Turkey Dressed his Greek wife in treasures he uncovered and took pictures Captioned them ?Helen of Troy? Historian David Trell claimed Schliemann?s finding of Troy was just romantic fiction Schliemann was a conman and changed the course of archeology Focused interest in sites and events of The Iliad Created widespread belief of their physical reality World traveler

The Cradle of Civilization The Levant, Mesopotamia, and Egypt

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Ancient Near East
Amarna Period
Atenism
Hammurabi
Mesopotamia
Bo
Akhenaten
Sumer
Memphis, Egypt
Amun

Week 3: The Cradle of Civilization: The Levant, Mesopotamia, and Egypt The Neolithic Revolution 28,000 years ago: the Cro-Magnon people pushed into Europe and outcompeted the Neanderthals Homo Sapiens and Neanderthals also occupied the Middle East Homo Sapiens also outcompeted Neanderthals there and left only modern humans Humans (Natufians) lived in and around the Mediterranean Sea in modern day Jordan, Syria, Israel, Lebanon, and Imam Known as the Levant Until 13,000 years ago, Homo Sapiens were hunters/gatherers living in small groups spreading across broad expanses of territory Relied on equality and group consensus Lives were highly uncertain because of food insecurity No way to store food in large quantities Food was also scarce

Western Civilization The Peopling of Europe

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Human Evolution
Recent African origin of modern humans
Humans
Middle Stone Age
Hominina
Neanderthal
Denisovan
Homo
Archaic humans
Anatomically modern human
Hominidae
human

Week 2: The Peopling of Europe Out of Africa, Into Europe Beginning in Africa, 5.5 million years ago 5-7 million years ago, much of the world was covered in ice Sea levels in some places were higher Present deserts were swampy marshlands Megafauna roamed the earth Hominids began to evolve from chimpanzee cousins in the Rift Valley in eastern Africa Paleoanthropologists and scientists agree on this But reason that one chimpanzee differentiated itself (by standing up) from the rest is a big topic of debate in history and scientific communities Savannah Theory (ST) Hominid ancestors lived on African savannah near Rift Valley As climate heated, trees became scarcer and grasslands grew To find enough food, hominid decided to forage But there were many predators

AP World History World Civilizations Chapter 1 Notes

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Fertile Crescent
Civilizations
Mesopotamia
Western Asia
Levant
Assyria
Babylonia
Syria
Pharaoh
Old Kingdom of Egypt
Egyptians
Indus Valley Civilization

After Babylonians Assyrians Assyrians conquered Israel Moved the people out of Israel and put other people in Co-existed with Babylonians Considered themselves from the Babylonians Jews hated Samaritans Egypt Stay a lot in Egypt or go south Northeast Africa along the Nile River Civilization formed by 3000 BC Egyptians benefited from the trade and influence of Mesopotamia Egypt not as open to invasion as Mesopotamia Had to cross Libyan desert on the west Peninsula on the east Only way in from the south Moved out of Sahara Desert when it became dry and unfertile Considered Pharaoh to be a god Said that the Pharaoh took the form of Horus after death One of the only civilizations to have a very worked out after life Political structure Pharaoh had immense power = ?god-like? status

AP World History World Civilizations Chapter 2 Notes

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Chinese philosophy
East Asian culture
Dynasties in Chinese history
Chinese culture
confucianism
Zhou Dynasty
Mandate of Heaven
china
Han Chinese
Qin Dynasty
Ming Dynasty
Tang Dynasty

Ancient and Classical China Four dynastic cycles Shang Zhou (Choe) Qin (Chin) Connected the original great wall He was insane Wanted to live forever Fed mercury Han (Hon) One of the great dynasties Others are The Ton The Ming The Song Were invaded many times by steppe people Shang dynasty 1523-1028 BC Located in Northern China Isolated from other ancient civilizations Furthest East; Himalayan mountains separating from India Ideographic symbols lead to development of an elaborate written language Political Power The King?s power was based on Land ownership Lands and peasants were given to the nobility as payment for military service Religious power

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