A: Geography effects the Greek and Roman civilizations because Greece is very mountainous. It has high elevation with valleys. The Greeks were separated by its geography and made into city-states. These cities are independent because the mountains made it hard to move to different cities. Then the Greeks learned a new type of government through the city-states. This new form of politics was called democracy and it meant that the civilians themselves are the governments. The new government the Greeks
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The Roman religion began as a polytheistic one. As the empire expanded so did the acceptance of Greek gods‚ these gods included Mars the god of war and Jupiter. They built these gods in temples all over the cities. The gods had human-like characteristics along with human-like emotions such as hate jealousy and fear. The empire began to expand rapidly under the rule of Augustus‚ and because of this the Roman empire began to gain new people with new religious views such as Jews and Christians‚ Christianity
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The Roman Empire and Han China developed cultural syncretism by using different methods of spiritual beliefs and the gods they worshiped‚ but developed in similar ways on how they both used methods of family hierchy and also how they structure their government to create more control which was used to build up both societies with similar rule‚ all of these contributed to making cultural syncretism. Paragraph one- There were many differences in the way Han china and The Roman empire
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The Indus and Aryan Civilizations The Indus civilization‚ an ancient civilization in South Asia‚ existed from about 2700 to 1750 BC. It is sometimes referred to as the Harappa civilization; one of its major centers. It stretched from north of the Hindu Kush down the entire length of the Indus and beyond into peninsular India. The Indus civilization is known only from archaeological evidence. Its origins traditionally were viewed as the result of the diffusion of farming and technology from more
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Introduction HIS100 History of Western Civilization to Middle Ages Lesson 5 Quiz This assignment is worth a total of 60 points. Please make sure you have answered all questions prior to submitting. Once you click the submit button‚ you will not be able to return to this section. Question 1 of 60 What type of columns does the Parthenon have? | Alsacian | | Ionic | | Corinthian | | Doric | Question 2 of 60 In 490 B.C.E. the Athenians defeated the Persians at the Battle
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There is much debate about which factor is most important within the rise of Christianity in the Roman empire. In fact‚ when “The Christianity Movement” started to gain momentum in Rome and surrounding areas‚ it was prosecuted by Roman rulers. This period of civic abuse and injustice lasted from about AD 212 until AD 313. Avid Christians were forced to either practice Christianity in secret and risk persecution‚ or practice Paganism half-heartedly. Some people who defied the government and remained
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The Roman and Han Empires were the most powerful empires among the Classical Empires. The Han Dynasty and Roman Empire were similar in their falls because they both fell to nomadic invaders‚ and because they both fell because of a decline in economic trade. The Han and the Roman Empires were different in their falls because the Han suffered from serious revolts whereas the Romans did not; also the effects of their falls were different because China was able to make a fairly quick comeback whereas
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most renowned historians in the western world for his History and Decline of the Roman Empire (published from 1776-78) was a firm believer in the role of the rise of Christianity as a major cause in the decline of the Roman Empire. Although he does not suggest that Christianity was the single cause for the fall of the Empire‚ he has strongly advocated that ‘the early Christian church at once redoubled the burden and reduced the strength of the Empire’ ‚ an Empire that was already weak from the lack
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Before and after the fall of the roman empire CCOT Essay After the fall of the Roman Empire‚ Western Europe was split between what remained from Rome‚ and what changed afterwards. Western Europe stayed the same with the Christian religion and farm-based agriculture. After the fall of the Roman Empire‚ Western Europe changed in interactions with other countries; increase in crusades‚ and economically. The Roman Empire was majorly Christianity‚ with a Pope and the Church-over-crown government
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Roman civilization and Zhou-Han China (same time period): 1. A Roman City in Ancient China -Roman empire ppl immigrated to China‚ Turkestan (convincing?)‚ pp. 1 -Roman: never succeeded in subduing (conquer) the Silk Road army? -Military: Roman VS Parthians‚ pp. 3 -Military glory: the most wanted of Romans 2. The Roman way -Roman: a true comedy of manners‚ pp. 13 -Roman’s literature influenced by Greece -Roman’s literature appeared during 3rd century A.D.‚ after the First Punic War‚
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