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AP World History
Culture/Civilization:
ROME CIVILIZATION: 753 BCE TO 600 CE
Geography
 Location
 Physical
 Movement
 Human/Environment
 Region
MIDDLE OR ROME CIVILIZATION- MEDITERRANEAN SEA; VASTCONTAINING THREE CONTINENTS; WIDE VARIETY OF CROPS:
PROVIDED TIMBER FOR CONSTRUCTION AND FUEL; TOUCHED BLACK
SEA, ADRIATIC SEA, & RED SEA; HILLY LANDS, COASTAL PLAINS, &
RIVER VALLEYS; FERTILE VOLCANIC SOIL & MUCH LARGER
POPULATION THAN WAS POSSIBLE IN GREEK; ATLANTIC OCEAN TO
WEST; DESERTS PROVIDED NATURAL BOUNDARIES
Religious
 Holy Books
 Beliefs, Teachings
 Conversion
 Sin/Salvation
 Deities
BELIEVED IN INVISIBLE FORCES- NUMINA; PAX DEORUM- PEACE
OF THE GODS; JUPITER WAS SKY GOD; MARS WAS AGRICULTURE
AND WAR GOD; RELIGION WENT WITH GREEK: JUPITER- GREEK
ZEUS & MARS- GREEK ARES- TOOK OVER MYTHS; THE RISE OF
CHRISTIANITY; PAUL- PERSECUTED FOLLOWERS AND THEN BECAME
A CHRISTIAN; HE SPREAD THE RELIGION THROUGHOUT ROME, ETC.
Academics, Advancements
 Art, Music
 Writing, Literature
 Philosophy
 Math & Science
 Education
Political
 Leaders, Elites
 State Structure
 War
 Diplomacy, Treaties
 Courts, Laws
CREATED LATIN; ROMANIZATION; SPREAD OF CULTURE; LATIN
LANGUAGE AND ROMAN LIFESTYLE; PAX ROMANA- ROMAN PEACE;
TENANT FARMERS; GLASS METALWORK, DELICATE POTTERY, AND
OTHER PRODUCTS THROUGH EMPIRE; CULTURAL PRACTICES,
TECHNOLOGIES, AND RELIGIOUS IDEAS WERE SPREAD;
INTELLIGENT AND GIFTED SLAVES TUTORED KIDS
Economic
 Type of System
 Technology, Industry
 Trade, Commerce
 Capital/Money
 Types of Businesses
GRAIN, MEAT, VEGETABLES- TRADING; EMPIRE GRADUALLY
GRANTED ROMAN CITIZENSHIP WITH ITS PRIVILEGES AND LEGAL
PROTECTION AND EXEMPTION FROM SOME TYPES OF TAXATION
TO PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF ITALY; AQUEDUCTS:LONG ELEVATED OR
UNDERGROUND CONDUITS;
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WOMEN NO PUBLIC INFLUENCE; THEY DRESSED IN ROBES; RULER
OF FAMILY WAS OLDEST MALE; SLAVES WERE BIG POPULATION OF
ROME- SOME WERE TREATED LIKE VALUE SERVANTS; SOME WERE
ABUSED
Family
Gender Relations
Social Classes
Inequalities
Life Styles
CONQUERED EGYPTION AND GREEK EMPIRES; ARMY WAS
EVERYTHING; ALL PROPERTY OWNING MALES SERVED; SENATE WAS
REAL CENTER OF POWER; REPUBLIC- ROME WAS GOVERNED BY
SENATER; PATRON/CLIENT RELATIONSHIP; PATRON PROVIDED
PROTECTION FOR CLIENTS; SLAVERY WAS IMPORTANT PART OF
ECONOMY; AUGUSTUS- PRINCIPATE TO RESTORE REPUBLICMILITARY DICTATORSHIP
GRAPES Chart
Geography
 Location
 Physical
 Movement
 Human/Environment
 Region
Religious
 Holy Books
 Beliefs, Teachings
 Conversion
 Sin/Salvation
 Deities
Academics, Advancements
 Art, Music
 Writing, Literature
 Philosophy
 Math & Science
 Education
Political
 Leaders, Elites
 State Structure
 War
 Diplomacy, Treaties
 Courts, Laws
Economic
 Type of System
 Technology, Industry
 Trade, Commerce
 Capital/Money
 Types of Businesses
Social
 Family
 Gender Relations
 Social Classes
 Inequalities
 Life Styles
HAN CHINA
NORTH AND NW CHINA; SOUTH OF MONGOLIAN STEPPES; TROPIC
OF CANCER GOES THROUGH IT; YELLOW SEA AND EAST CHINA
SEA TO EAST; EXTENDS TO TAKLAMAKAN DESERT; NORTH CHINA
PLAIN, YANGZI RIVER, XI RIVER, WEI RIVER; GREAT WALL OF
CHINA GOES THROUGH IT
CHINESE RELIGION EMCOMPASSED A WIDE SPECTURM OF BELIEF;
LIKE THE EARLY ROMANS, THE CHINESE BELIEVED THAT DIVINITY
RESIDED WITHIN NATURE; MOST BELIEVED IN GHOSTS AND
SPIRITS; THE STATE MAINTAINED SHRINES TO THE LORDS OF
RAIN, WINDS, AND SOIL, AS WELL AS TO CERTAIN GREAT RIVERS
AND HIGH MOUNTAINS; DAOSIM BECAME POPULAR WITH THE
COMMON PEOPLE; PERHAPS AS EARLY AS THE 1ST CENTURY CE
BUDDHISM BEGAN TO TRICKLE INTO CHINA
ADVANCES IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGIES; WIDESPREAD BELIEF
IN ASTROLOGY ENGENDERED ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATION OF
PLANETS, STARS, AND OTHER CELESTIAL OBJECTS; DEVELOPMENT
A HORSE COLLARS THAT DIDN’T CONSTRICT BREATHING ALLOWED
CHINESE HORSES TO PULL HEAVIER LOADS THAN EUROPEAN
HORSES; THE CHINESE FIRST MADE PAPER THAT REPLACES THE
AWKWARD BAMBOO STRIPS OF EARLIER ERAS
EMPORERS HAD FULL CONTROL OVER CHINA; QIN ATTACK ON
NORTHERN NOMADS LED TO FORMATION OF ZIONGNU
CONFEDERACY- MILITARY THREAT TO CHINA; HAN DYNASTY
CREATED IMPERIAL GOVERNMENTS THAT LASTED FOR TWO
MILLENENIA; THE HAN DEPENDED ON LOCAL OFFICIALS FOR DAY
TO DAY ADMINISTRATION OF THEIR FAR FLUNG TERRITORIES;
THEY COLLECTED TAXES, REGULATED CONSCRIPTION FOR THE
ARMY, AND LABOR PROJECTS, PROVIDED PROTECTION, AND
SETTLED DISPUTES
CHANG’AN- CITY IN WEI CALLEY IN EASTERN CHINA: BECAME
CAPITAL OF QIN; THE QIN AND HAN BUILT THOUSANDS OF
MILES OF ROADS- COMPARABLE IN SCALES TO THE ROADS OF THE
ROMAN EMPIRE- TO CONNECT PARTS OF THE EMPIRE AND MOVE
ARMIES QUICKLY;THEY ALSO BUILT A NETWORK OF CANALS
CONNECTING THE RIVER SYSTEMS OF NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN
CHINA
NOW VAST MAJORITY LIVED IN THE EASTERN RIVER VALLEY
REGIONS WHERE AGRICULTURE SUPPORTED POPULATION;
FUNDAMENTAL UNIT WAS FAMILY; CLEAR CUT HIERARCHY HEADED
BY OLDEST MALE; CHINESE ANCESTORS MAINTAINED AN
INTEREST IN THE FORTUNES OF LIVING FAMILY MEMBERS; EACH
PERSON HAD RESPONSIBILITES; TRADITIONAL BELIEFS; WOMEN
ROLE DEPENDED ON LOCATION; WOMEN OF POLITICS HAD
INFLUENCIAL ROLE