PERSIAN notes, rome and han china
Political Economic Religion Social Intellectual/Arts Nature Roman politics controlled by men from wealthy families. the vote of a wealthy person counted more than the vote of a poor person. Conquest of italy fueled by tension with pastoral hill tribes of appenines Agriculture ? early Rome Numina ? ?energies? living in their surrounding world. Polytheistic. Maintained a covenant with their gods Social status related to land ownership. Basic unit of society ? family. Under authority of oldest living male. Women ? no place in public. Not allowed to own land, and always under authority of parents or head of husbands family. Not allowed in politics. Appenine mnts ? seperates country. Navigable rivers.