Cornell Notes: Rome

-The Roman World takes shape -began as a small city-state in Italy

-Estruscans ruled central Italy
-Romans overthrew the Estruscan king
- Set up a republic
-About 207 B.C. Rome occupied all of Italy

-From Republic to Empire -New wealth caused problems
-Octavian restored order
-500 year old republic came to an end
-Octavian (Augustus) Romes 1
st
emperor
-Pax Romana = Roman peace

-Roman Achievement -blend of cultures
-Took Greek ideas
-Excelled as engineers
-rule of law and justice

-The Rise of Christianity -Jesus was born, savior sent by God
-believed one God and 10 commandments
-Jesus put on the cross

-Long Decline -Empire split in 2 parts
-foreign invaders took over Rome in 476
-Roman empire prospered
-will become the Byzantine empire



Summary: Rome began small, the gradually got large. They overthrew the Etruscan
king in 509 B.C. Never want to be ruled by a monarchy, developed a republic system.
Wealth began to make problems then Augustus came to rule and made Rome intro
an empire. He created Roman peace. They took Greeks ideas, were great at
engineering. Christianity came to be.










Venn Diagram Notes: Kingdoms of Ganges and Civilizations of China



Kingdoms of Ganges Both Civilizations of China



-polytheistic -religion -wealthy
-social structure -social classes -Shang and Zhou dynasy
caste system -iron/bronze making -technology
-aryons -farmers -first books
-made iron tools -polytheistic -bronze and silk making
spoke Indo-European -large cities -braham
-vedas -writing -complex religions
-technology
-public works





























Outline Notes: India

I. Powerful empires of Idnia
A. northern India = battle ground
B. Chandragupta Maurya 321 B.C.
1. Grandson to Buddhism
2. Peace and love
II. Trades
A. Africa, middle east, central and south Asia
1. Gupta dynasty groups, much of Asia
2. 320-540 A.D.
III. Pillars of Indian life
A. village peasants
B. caste

































Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564)



Architect Engineer Sculptor Painter poet religious





Designed the dome Painted Pieta
of St. Peters and David Called
Cathedral Melancholy
genius


Painted the Sistine
Chapel in Rome



Took 4 years