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AP World History
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Culture/Civilization:
Roman Empire
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 Patriarchal system (the man runs the family and women are treated as children throughout
Social Structures
their lives)
 Gender roles and relations
 Empire has racial diversity. Slavery exists throughout the empire, but not necessarily
 Family and kinship
based on race.
 Racial and ethnic
 Many ethnic groups exist in empire, but some minorities (Jews) rebel against Roman Rule.
constructions
 Social classes in Rome include Patricians (nobles) and Plebeians (commoners).
 Social and economic classes
(Political)State-Building,
Expansion and Conflict
 Political structures and forms
of governance
 Empires
 Nations and nationalism
 Revolts and revolutions
 Regional, transregional, and
global structures and
organizations
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Interactions
 Between Humans and the
Environment
 Geographic distribution
 Demography and disease
 Migration
 Patterns of settlement
 Between other people
 Encounters and
exchanges between
individuals, groups,
empire/nations
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Cultures
 Religions
 Belief systems, philosophies
and ideologies
 Science and technology
 The arts and architecture
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Economic Systems
 Agricultural and pastoral
production
 Trade and commerce
 Labor systems
 Industrialization
 Capitalism and socialism
Strong Central Government ruled by Emperor (Augustus)
Empire built Civil Service system to administer to needs of the people.
Government provides welfare to the poor of the city of Rome
Rome defended by citizen army and later mercenary armies.
Emperor has personal Praetorian Guard
Empire conquers entire Mediterranean (Carthage) and expands up to the island of
Britain.
Power shifts between hereditary rule, adopted rule and coups.
Constantly at war with barbarian groups outside the empire. (Germanic Tribes)
Jewish Bar Kochba Rebellion put down in 135CE and diaspora of Jews occurs.
Later on Diocletian adopts the tetrarchy (rule of four)
Christianity is eventually legalized and made the state religion.
Constantine moves the capital from Rome to Constantinople (Byzantiuum).
The city of Roman has a central location in Italy and the Mediterranean. It is far
enough from the sea to prevent Naval invasion and surrounded by fertile land.
The empire spans the entire Mediterranean and Black Sea and goes as far north to
include much of Britain.
All people in the empire granted citizenship in 212 CE.
Roads are built throughout the empire the facilitate trade and communication.
Rome interacts with Middle Eastern groups who carry on the Silk Road trade.
Armies constantly defend Rome from outsiders.
Occasional bouts of plague (after Parthian War)
Trade with other empires (Axum, Gupta, Han Dynasty)
The official religion is the Roman/Greek pagan religion.
Constantine legalizes Christianity with Edict of Milan.
Theodosius I bans the traditional religion and makes Christianity the state religion.
Romans make architectural advances included the development of the Dome, aqueducts,
and Rome itself has plumbing.
Literature includes the Aneid.
Other technological advances include the development of concrete, newspapers, bound
books, the Julian Calendar, and early battlefield surgery.
Two major philosophical systems are Stoicism and Epicureism
Influenced heavily by the Greeks
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Farming was considered the best of all occupations by the Roman elites.
Towards the collapse of the Western Empire, Rome suffered from famine due to soil
fatigue.
Rome traded with merchants who traveled the silk road, and its control of the
Mediterranean facilitated the Roman Exchange. (Goods traded included slaves, wild
animals, olive oil, dates, figs, precious metals)
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AP World History
The empire made heavy use of slavery. Commoners often struggled to find work.
Ancient Rome was an agrarian and slave based economy whose main concern was feeding
the vast number of citizens and legionaries who populated the Mediterranean region.
It was neither capitalist nor socialist.
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The Silk Road.
The Han reach their heights and fall.
Axum Rises.
The Gupta rise and fall.
The birth and spread of Christianity.
The Jewish Diaspora occurs.
The death of the Roman Pantheon of Gods.
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Global Context: What’s
happening around the world at
this time?