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GLOBAL REVIEW #2
Classical Civilizations
Classical Civilizations
What are the three characteristics of Classical Civilizations?
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All Classical Civilization have a GOLDEN AGE!!!!
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Strong, Centralized Government
Strong trade networks and strong economy
Contributions/ ideas lasting until today
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rosperity
rogress
GreeceGeography Accomplishments
Mountains: Lack of fertile land; Divided Greeks City- States-Athens: Education, art-Sparta: Militarism
Sea: Dependent on Mediterranean Sea for food and resources; skilled sea traders
DEMOCRACY!
-Philosophy- human reason (Socrates, Plato, Aristotle)
Traded with Phoenicians (alphabet), Persians and other Mediterranean seatraders
RomeGeography Accomplishments
Mediterranean Sea: location at center = control of Med. Sea trade
Large Empire controlled many diverse peoples
LAW! The Twelve Tables
Advances in Engineering-aqueducts, ROADS
-Greco-Roman Culture
-Split in half—Western Rome (Middle Ages) and Byzantine Empire
GuptaGeography Accomplishments
Subcontinent
Himalayas in North: isolate and protect India; passage through Hindu Kush
Monsoons- seasonal winds that bring rain and fertile soil
MATH! Concept of zero and decimals
Influenced by Hinduism
Sanskrit record keeping
HanGeography Accomplishments
Chinese Government?
Mountain, plateaus and deserts in Western China isolation ethnocentrism
Population in East (arable land, river valleys)
Influenced Korea and Japan
Civil Service exams based on Confucianism (rule by example)
Trade on Silk Road
Dynastic Cycle- rise and fall of dynasties (ruling families)
Mandate of Heaven- divine approval to rule
All Empire Fall for the same reasons: What are
they?External Internal
Outside invaders!
Attacks!
Weak Borders
Corrupt Government
High Taxes
Weak Military
Declining infrastructure (bad roads= lack of trade)