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great empires
Early development (Archaic Period)
True Character of civilization
Imperial Era (Pax Era)
Han
Rome
(Greco Roman)
Greek Persian
(Hellenistic)
Gupta
Initial development
Resources available
Adaptability
Demographic concerns
Decline
Corruption
Morality concerns
Religious issues
Economic crisis
Succession and dynastic issues
Expansion is required but cannot hold onto borders
Outside invaders
Overview
Ancient Greece
Beginnings of Democracy
Golden Age
Began in Athens
Pericles
Not full enfranchisement
Most representative Government in Ancient World
DRACO
SOLON
PISISTRATUS
CLEISTHENES
Ancient Greece
Peloponnesian War
Conflict between Athens and Sparta
Left Greece Weak
Open to conquest from Persians and then
Macedonian Alexander the Great
Alexander the Great
Great Conqueror, took over Asia, Persian
Empire, territory to borderlands of India
Spread Greek Culture throughout Eurasia
Hellenic Culture
Science was important, Geometry, physics,
mathematics and astronomy
Poetry (Homer), Drama(Sophocles, Aeschyles,
Euripedes) Philosophy, (Socrates, Plato)
Persian
Achaemenid
Xerxes (Persian wars against Greek City
States 499 BCE)
Oligarchy
Forms of Government
Monarchy
Republic
Democracy
Theocracy
Tyrant
takes control
Ancient Rome
Archaic Period
Etruscans, Sabines, Latium
Rome built 753 BCE
Eras of Rome
Imperial Era
Fall of Rome 476 CE
Odacer, Ostrogoth
City of Rome already sacked in 410 by Aleric, a Visogoth
1.
2.
Basilica Julia
3.
Temple of Saturn
4.
Rostra
5.
Temple of Vespasian
6.
Tabularium
7.
Temple of Concord
8.
Urbanization
Silk Road
Han Dynasty
India
Aryans
Nomadic Group invaded India
Earliest Europeans
Conquered the Dravidians (Dark Skinned Indians)
Established Warrior Aristocracy
Established Sanskrit
Vedic Era and Early Hindu faith
Caste System
Priests (Brahmins)
Warriors and Political Rulers (Kshatruyas)
Commoners
Servants and Peasants
The Untouchables
Born into Caste; Cannot be changed
India Continued
Mauryan empire
Guapta Empire
Religious toleration
Muslim invaders
Cultural Development
Role of Women
Han and Gupta
Societal comparison
Environmental Determinism
Regionalized to Unified
East Asia
Social system
geographical extent, the need to integrate large territories, the use of some central
bureaucracy, and the army.
emphasis on aristocratic principles with some democratic elements, localism, and citystate units.
Differences
Rome had more emphasis on unifying laws and more success in developing institutions
for empire. (Students could be assigned some additional reading on this topic.)
All three share common political emphases such as the importance of loyalty,
service, and hierarchy.
Greek and Roman ideals were more aristocratic, though, where Confucian ideals
stressed training and responsibility, Confucianism focused more on political
order and imperial hierarchy.
Greece and Rome were similar to each other, but Rome emphasized law and
experienced tension between local and imperial orientations from late Republic
onward as a result.
Economic Exchange
internal problems of
morale
political structure
economics