Where And When Did The Mediterranean Civilization Rise?
Where and when did the Mediterranean civilization rise?
How has the Mediterranean culture affected ours?
How are Greece and Rome similar and different?
The Persian Tradition
Patterns of Greek and Roman History
What caused Rome to finally fall?
Greek and Roman Political Institutions
What are the chief principles of the classical Mediterranean world?
Religion and Culture
Economy and Society in the Mediterranean
• The classical civilization came up on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea from 800 BCE to 476 CE …show more content…
o The lack of spiritual passion failed to satisfy many ordinary workers and peasants o Produced little basis for a systematic inquiry into nature or human society o No basis for ethical thought
• Greek and Roman moral philosophy stressed the importance of moderation and balance in human behavior
• The idea of a philosophy separate from the official religion emphasized the powers of human thought o Socrates (born in 469 BCE) encouraged his pupils to question conventional wisdom, on the grounds that the chief human duty was “the improvement of the soul” o Plato accentuated the positive more strongly by suggesting that human reason could approach an understanding of the three perfect forms(True, Good, and Beautiful) which he believed characterized nature
• Greek interest in rationality carried over into the underlying order of physical nature, which caused them to create theories about nature’s order o Euclid produced the world’s most widely used compendium of geometry o Ptolemy created a theory where the sun revolved around the Earth
• Art and literature conveyed cultural values by inspiring themes for artistic expression and the justification for temples and statues for the gods
• The Greek’s interest lay in drama with emphasis on
How has the Mediterranean culture affected ours?
How are Greece and Rome similar and different?
The Persian Tradition
Patterns of Greek and Roman History
What caused Rome to finally fall?
Greek and Roman Political Institutions
What are the chief principles of the classical Mediterranean world?
Religion and Culture
Economy and Society in the Mediterranean
• The classical civilization came up on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea from 800 BCE to 476 CE …show more content…
o The lack of spiritual passion failed to satisfy many ordinary workers and peasants o Produced little basis for a systematic inquiry into nature or human society o No basis for ethical thought
• Greek and Roman moral philosophy stressed the importance of moderation and balance in human behavior
• The idea of a philosophy separate from the official religion emphasized the powers of human thought o Socrates (born in 469 BCE) encouraged his pupils to question conventional wisdom, on the grounds that the chief human duty was “the improvement of the soul” o Plato accentuated the positive more strongly by suggesting that human reason could approach an understanding of the three perfect forms(True, Good, and Beautiful) which he believed characterized nature
• Greek interest in rationality carried over into the underlying order of physical nature, which caused them to create theories about nature’s order o Euclid produced the world’s most widely used compendium of geometry o Ptolemy created a theory where the sun revolved around the Earth
• Art and literature conveyed cultural values by inspiring themes for artistic expression and the justification for temples and statues for the gods
• The Greek’s interest lay in drama with emphasis on