Unit TWO K:
Classical Civilizations in World History
Expanding Zones of Exchange and Encounter
(600BC - 600 AD)
The period between 600BC - 600 AD is marked by population growth with the rise and fall of great empires (Greece, Rome, Persia, India, Maurya, Israel, Gupta, China. The ideas of Chinese philosophers ( Zhou, Qin, Han) and the beliefs of Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, Judaism and Christianity extended beyond their places of origin. It is a time that shaped all subsequent periods. In this unit, students are asked to investigate the meaning and characteristics of culture. They discover the enduring interplay between agrarian civilizations and nomadic cultures. Students are also introduced to human and physical geography and the extent to which humans can control their environment.
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Vocabulary
Athens Greece Persia Phalanx Polis Acropolis
Satrap Royal Road Oligarchy Autocracy Direct Democracy Etruscans Republic Carthaginians senate Hannibal Patrician Consul Dictator Plebeian Tribune Veto Legion Imperialism triumvirate absolute ruler Pax Romana gladiator Latifundia Tiberius Gracchus Gaius Gracchus Julius Caesar Augustus Octavian census engineering aqueduct Ptolemy Messiah Jesus Christianity Apostle Paul Martyr Constantine Clergy Bishop Pope heresy Diocletian inflation Constantinople Byzantine Empire Huns mercenary Attila Greco - Roman Popeii Virgil Tacitus Colosseum Cyrus Cambyse Zoroaster Filial Piety Confucius Bureaucracy Daoism Legalism Ying & Yang Qin Dynasty Autocracy Trojan War Homer Epics |