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| How could the economic and political nature of the Minoan and Mycenaean civilizations be described? |
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| They both relied heavily on trade and therefore had close economic and political ties with their neighbors. Had few resources |
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| The most lasting contribution of the Phoenicians was... |
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| An alphabetic writing system that used symbols for sounds instead of whole words. |
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| After the eighth century BC the greek political system was based on the polis. What was a polis? |
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| A polis consisted of an urban center and the surrounding rural territory. |
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| What was philosophy like before Socratic times? |
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| "Earth, air, and fire are the key elements of the world and serve as building blocks for nature... primitive. |
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| How could the position of women in Ancient Athens be described? |
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| Women were isolated in the homes and given few legal rights |
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| WIDESPREAD GREEK CULTURE DIFFUSION DUE TO ALEXANDER THE GREAT |
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| Now think about the timeline of ancient Greece... |
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| Era of tyrants--> Rise of Greece's classical period --> Peloponnesian War--> Rise of Alexander the Great |
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| What was the condition of power like in the Roman Republic? |
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| Power was centered in the senate where select male citizens made foreign and domestic policies |
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| the expansion of the roman empire brought about... |
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| efficient and profitable trade because of the safety and stability of the Roman rule |
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| What contributed to the "third century crisis"? |
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| frequent change in rulers, the invasion of Germanic tribes deep into the empire, inflation and poor economic decisions by emperors, disruption of large-scale, long distance trade |
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