CHAPTER FOURClassical Civilization in the Mediterranean:

Greece and Rome

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Chapter 4: Classical Civilization in the Mediterranean: Greece and Rome

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I. The Persian TraditionII. Patterns of Greek and Roman HistoryIII. Greek and Roman Political InstitutionsIV. Religion and CultureV. Economy and Society in the MediterraneanVI. Toward the Fall of Rome

Chapter 4: Classical Civilization in the Mediterranean: Greece and Rome

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I. The Persian Tradition

Cyrus the Great

Empire by 550 B.C.E.

Zoroastrianism

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II. Patterns of Greek and Roman History

A. GreeceCrete

Greeks

Indo-Europeans

arrive by 1700 B.C.E.

Mycenae

by 1400 B.C.E.

destroyed c. 800 B.C.E.

Olympics

religious

City-States

poleis

Sparta, Athens

Greece and Greek Colonies

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II. Patterns of Greek and Roman History

A. GreecePericles

Athenian statesman

Peloponnesian Wars (431–404 B.C.E.)

Philip II of Macedon (359–336 B.C.E.)

Hellenistic Period (323–100 B.C.E.)

Alexandria

Alexander’s Empire and the Hellenistic World,, c. 323 B.C.E.

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II. Patterns of Greek and Roman History

B. Rome

Roman RepublicPunic Wars (264–146 B.C.E.)

Carthage

Phoenician

Hannibal

Julius Caesar

end of republic

Empire

Augustus Caesar

Marcus Aurelius

Diocletian

Constantine

Christianity

Italy and the Aegean

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II. Patterns of Greek and Roman History

B. Rome

Roman RepublicPunic Wars (264–146 B.C.E.)

Carthage

Phoenician

Hannibal

Julius Caesar

end of republic

Empire

Augustus Caesar

Marcus Aurelius

Diocletian

Constantine

Christianity

The Expansion of the Roman Empire, 133 B.C.E.

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III. Greek and Roman Political Institutions

Polis

citizenship

A. Greece

Democracy

demos, the people

Oligarchy

B. RomeGovernment

Senate

Consuls

Assemblies

Rhetoric

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Law codes

12 Tables, by 450 B.C.E.

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IV. Religion and Culture

Pantheon

Zeus, Apollo, Neptune, Mars, Venus

Mystery Religions

PhilosophySocrates

Plato

Aristotle

Stoics

Sciences

Ptolemy

Pythagoras

Literature

Sappho

Sophocles

Iliad, Odyssey

Arts

Phidias

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V. Economy and Society in the Mediterranean

Agriculture

poor soils

market farms

Trade

grain

luxuries

Society

slavery

family

Greece and Greek Colonies, c. 431 B.C.E.

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VI. Toward the Fall of Rome

Complex Legacy