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Grande Unit IV: the Ancient Mediterranean World and the Development o Monotheism Unit !"estion: How did Christianity become a world religion? Is democracy just? Unit #"mmary BPAGE $elie : Paganism, Judaism and Christianity Po%er: Hierarchy, Empire, class ( ocial tructure! and "e#olt Arts: $ree% and "oman arts, and Hellenistic arts ($ree% in&luenced! Geo&raphy: 'editerranean, "oman Empire '(chan&e: pread o& monotheism Evidence

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Day *.+a ,hina -est (ssignment 234a: "ead 4567488, and 4827489 (stop at :$lorious (rt and;<! *=E: 43 1e&ore reading, write in response to the &ollowing: In your #iew, what is a democracy? >hat conditions must be met &or a society to be called democratic? 53 De ine "lly: Polis, democracy, helot, *elian +eague 83 Create and &ill in this table in your notes?make it LARGE and leave extra space for class notes: *raco olon Cleisthenes Pericles *ate o& rule Changes,inno#ations o& democracy Pro Con 23 Compare &orms o& go#ernment?make it LARGE and leave extra space for class notes: 'onarchy (ristocracy )ligarchy *irect democracy ummari/e de&inition E-ample 93 Comparing (thens with parta: create and &ill in the &ollowing table3 Make LARGE and leave extra space for class notes: (thens parta Education?1oys Education?$irls trengths >ea%ness .ype o& $o#ernment >hat led to di&&erences between them? @3 >hat was the 1attle o& .hermopylae? 63 (dd to &irst table abo#e about Pericles Day *.+) Introd"ction to Ancient Greece (ssignment 234b: $ree% Primary ources *=E: 43 I& you are a 4, 5 or 8: "ead (ristotleAs #iew on Education and .he 'a%ing o& partan oldiers3 ummari/e what each one emphasi/es3 >hat %ind o& society was (thens?what did they #alue? >hat %ind o& society was parta ?what did they #alue? I& you are a 4: prepare to argue &or an (thenian society3 I& you are a 5, prepare to argue in &a#or o& parta3 53 I& you are a 2, 9 or @: "ead .hucydides and PlatoAs "epublic3 .he debate here is between *emocracy and )ligarchy3 In .hucydides, what %ind o& go#ernment and society did he ad#ocate &or? >hy does he belie#e this wor%s? >hat are the characteristics o& citi/ens? In Plato, who are the $uardians? >ho is blind? >hat type o& go#ernment is Plato de&ending? >hat are the Bualities that are desired in a $uardian? I& you are a 2, support PlatoAs #iew o& go#ernmentC i& you are a 9 support .hucydides #iew o& go#ernment3 83 I& you are a 8 or a @, you will ta%e the lottery Bui/3 .he Bui/ will consist o& matching &or the &ollowing de&initions: Polis 'onarchy (ristocracy )ligarchy *emocracy "epublic *irect *emocracy olon Pericles Helot ummari/e people and the e#ent3

Day *.. De)ates on Gree/ Democracy (ssignment 238: (ncient "ome *=E: 43 "e&lect on ancient $reece: >hat role should a#erage citi/ens ha#e in a democracy? (pply your answer to climate change and the en#ironment3 53 "ead pages 49974963 *e&ine all the highlighted words (in blue! 83 "ead pages 4@D74@93 "espond to the &ollowing Buestions: How did class (the poor #ersus the rich! play a role in the decline o& the "epublic? How did the chaos a&ter the "epublicAs collapse lead to dictatorship, let by Caesar? >hat is meant by the Pa- "omana? >hy was this term applied to the Empire? *escribe the role o& class during the Pa- "omana period?how were rich andpoor di&&erent? >hat were the li#es o& the poor li%e? 23 Prepare &or class discussion: +ist all the natural resources you thin% "ome would need to build and e-pand itAs empire3 0atural resources include anything that e-ists naturally on, abo#e, underneath or near land to build, communicate and support in&rastructure3 Day *.* Introd"ce 0ome *=E:

(ssignment 232: (rticles: :Imperial Parallels< and :=rban Empire< 43 ummari/e each paragraph o& :Imperial Parallels< in 475 sentences 53 .a%e at least E page o& notes on :=rban Empire< PROJECT WORK VACATION Day *.1 0evie% 0ome2 ,icero

(ssignment 23F: "eading and Buestions about Judaism *=E: I3 "ead pages 667F5 in your te-tboo% and answer the &ollowing: 43 (ccording to your boo%, where are the Hebrews &rom and where did they settle? >hat is the source &or this in&ormation? 53 >hat is the Co#enant? 83 1"IEG+H, list main point o& E-odus: >hat is the E-odus? >ho led it? How long did it last? >here did it end? 23 ummari/e Hebrew law?what is ethical monotheism? 93 >hat were the 5 Jewish Iingdoms? @3 >hat happened in 9F@ 1CE? II3 "ead e-cerpts &rom the .orah, and complete as much o& the Judaism side o& the table as you can3 Day *.3 4"daism Assi&nment *.3: 0ead 5Do")tin& the #tory o the '(od"s6 DU': In response to the article, please comment on the &ollowing3 .hese are tough Buestions, but I e-pect you to ma%e a strong e&&ort and write: 43 In your #iew, is the .orah a good historical source? 53 >riting as a historian, what %ind o& boo% is the .orah? (ccording to the archaeologists Gin%elstein and il#erman (in the article!, what is their theory about the purpose o& the .orah? 83 >hat does this article suggest about historiography? 23 Gor a Jew or Christian who belie#es in the bible (or maybe you!, should this new archaeology sha%e their &aith and belie&?or not? *o religious stories need to be literal to be true?

Day *.+7: 0eli&ion and archaeolo&y Assi&nment *.+7: ,hristianity DU': *Be sure to send resentation! "andout and #ui$ #uestions to %r& Grande' ro(er)(rande*+roo,-ine&,./&ma&us& A-so! +e sure Nood-+i+ is com -ete& C"ristianit01t"e re-i(ion o2 C"ristians1emer(es 2rom t"e Roman Em ire in t"e rovince o2 Pa-estine& T"ere in its ca itacit0! Jerusa-em! Jesus o2 Na$aret"! a Je3! +e(ins to reac" ne3 ideas and (ain some 2o--o3ers& 4e is ut to deat" in 5/ or 55 CE +0 t"e Roman aut"orities 3"o see "im as a t"reat to u+-ic order and to -o0a-t0 to t"e Roman Em ire& T"e Roman Em ire is "osti-e to Je3s 3"o are increasin(-0 re+e--ious at t"is time& T"e 2o--o3ers o2 Jesus13"o are Je3s are ersecuted too& But t"e stren(t" o2 t"e ideas o2 Jesus6 2o--o3ers (ro3 and eventua--0 t"e Roman Em ire ado ts C"ristianit0 as t"e o22icia- re-i(ion in t"e 7t" centur0& Read a(es .89:.;/ 2rom 0our text+oo, and ans3er t"e 2o--o3in( #uestion1read t"e #uestions +e2ore 0ou read t"e text< 43 1rie&ly, who was Jesus? ummari/e his basic li&e story3 53 *e&ine: $ospels, (postles 83 >hy and how did Jesus die? 23 *escribe the spread o& Christianity through Paul and the Pa- "omana3 >hat were the core ideas that Paul promoted? 93 >hy was Christianity appealing? @3 >ho was Constantine and what role did he play in spreading Christianity? 63 *e&ine: Edict o& 'ilan F3 >ho was (ugustine? Day *.++: Presentations Assi&nment *.++: Gospel o #t. Matthe% DU': "ead :.he $ospel o& aint 'atthew< (a#ailable on the weblab!3 Interpret the &ollowing statements in a &ew sentences each3 0otice that the Buestion numbers correspond to numbers on the reading: 43 :1lessed;< statements (>ho are these statements about? >hat are they promised?! 53 :;enter the %ingdom o& hea#en< 83 :;stri%es you on the right chee%, turn to him the other also;< 23 :*o not lay up;&or where your treasure is, there will your heart be also;3< Day *.+8: Presentations Assi&nment *.+8: 9e&itimi:ation o ,hristianity in the 0oman 'mpire DU': Read t"e artic-e =T"e >e(itimi$ation o2 C"ristianit0 under Roman Em eror Constantine&? T"is artic-e is a -itt-e di22icu-t& It is 2rom an intervie3 3it" a +i+-ica- "istorian 3"o descri+es events in t"e 7 t" centur0 @5AA6s CEB 3"en t"e Roman Em ire! 3"ic" is 3ea,enin( and dividin(! +e(ins to to-erate C"ristianit0& Reca-- t"at t"e Romans ut Jesus to deat"1so 3"0 does Em eror Constantine no3 to-erate t"e C"ristians and even +ecome a C"ristianC (nswer the &ollowing Buestions in a &ew sentences each: 43 How did Christianity begin? >hy was Jesus e-ecuted? 53 >hen did Christianity begin to emerge as a separate &aith? 83 (s Christianity grew by the 8rd century, how did the "omans respond? How does this change by the 2 th century? 23 >ho is Constantine? 93 (&ter Constantine conBuers both hal#es o& the "oman Empire, and uni&ies them again, why do you thin% he embraces Christianity (the #ersion with the )ld .estament!? @3 >hy does Constantine persecute the other Christians (:$nostics< and :dualists<?those who donAt accept the .orah? Day *.+.: ;ilm Assi&nment *.+.: ;all o 0oman 'mpire Day *.+*: Imperial collapse Assi&nment *.+*: 0evie%

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