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Classical Civilizations (500 BC - 600 AD)
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Euclid: He is famous for writing a series of books called The Elements. Some of the most important advancements in math, including many properties about geometrical shapes and formulas for algebra.
Pythagoras: He greatly contributed to the study of mathematics; One of his famous discovery is the Pythagorean Theorem.
The Supreme Court
The White House
are built to reflect the influence of Greece.
Rights!
Why is religious values demonstrated in the subjects of their sculpture?
- All citizens are equal
- Use of juror of peers in a criminal case
Classical Civilization!
Aristarchus, an early Greek astronomer. (about 310 to 230 BC)
- Need of testimony or documents to accuse a person
onward
Answer: because, they wanted to portray their love to their gods through the sculptures.
- first to suggest the earth revolves around the sun
NO individual rights!
We now see what the later civilization has taken from earlier civilization
Euclid & Pythagoras
- a pair of Greek mathematicians
Justinian's Law Code
ROMAN MAN AND WOMEN ARE EQUAL!
It was a code of laws that served as the foundation of international law that is still used today. It provided the laws on marriage, property, slaves, and other important issues.
Since the Roman men were gone at war, the women took on the men duties at home and also in politics, unlike Greece men still had all the power.
OH, GREECE IS THE BIRTHPLACE OF DEMOCRACY!
Athenian Democracy
rights and responsibilities of citizen and non-citizen
citizens: allowed to certain rights
Did you know democracy was NOT inherited from river valley civilizations?
non-citizen: had few protections & could never become citizens
Classical Civilization
because, in the older civilization there was only 1 leader.
Christian Paul
(A missionary)
Spread Christianity throughout Rome
One of the political practice in Greek Democracy, that they permitted was GRANTING CITIZENS PARTICIPATION IN GOVERNMENT THROUGH VOTING!
During the Hellenistic Era , Alexander established and spread Greek knowledge and preserved classical influences across three continents.
Persian Innovation
that promotes trade and contribute to the unity of the empire was the use of standardized metal coins!
Oligarchy
is a form of power structure in which power effectively rests with a small number of people. These people could be distinguished by royalty, wealth, family ties, education, corporate, or military control.
HAN DYNASTY OF CHINA
(202 BC - 9 AD)
- A time of promoting Confucianism!
and invention of paper..
In early, monotheistic religion, Zoroastrianism emerged from Persia, an classical civilization.
Edict of Milan
- one of the attempts to create a more efficient type of government was the government workers had to pass exams in Confucianism in order to be hired.
- a proclamation that permanently established religious toleration for Christianity within the Roman Empire.
- It was the outcome of a political agreement concluded in Milan between the Roman emperors.
- The proclamation granted all persons freedom to worship whatever deity they pleased
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