Western Civilization Outline
Europe
I. General Info
A. Facts 1. birthplace of western civilization 2. influential on world development a. history - exploration b. philosophy - religion
[ religious backgrounds in US & Latin America come from Rome ] c. ideology - gov
[ democracy comes from Ancient Greece ] 3. continent - subregions a. Eastern (Central) b. Western
B. Geography 1. major cities~refer to map 2. 2nd smallest Australia, 2.9) -4 sq. miles 3. population of 700 million +, density 65 ppl/sq. mile 4. 40+ nations a. largest - Russia ~ 6.6m sq. m b. smallest - Vatican City ~ 109 acres 5. highest point - Mt. Elbrus ~ 18,481 ft 6. lowest point - Caspian Depression ~ 92 ft 7. physical features - located on map a. Mt. ranges b. rivers …show more content…
Early Civilization 1. developed on the islands in the Aegean Sea 3000-1000 BCE (BC) 2. post 100 BC - tribes united & formed units called "polis" - Greek word for city- states, evolved into political ~ Early democracy 3. height of civilization 400-300 BC a. Athens ~ educated = butter [ most money was put into ed. & arts ] b. Sparta ~ military = guns [ money was put into military ] c. Peloponnesian Wars 1) Sparta defeated Athens 404 BC a) humiliating peace treaty, cruel rule 2) 371 BC Sparta lost any claim to supreme Greece d. a northern kingdom, Macedonia seized control of Greece in 338 BC 1) Alexander the Great began in 336 BC to build an empire, died in 323 BC [ ATG - Macedonia king; created a great empire ] a) city-states gained independence 4. demos-people, kratia-power or rule [ democracy ]
1) Alexander the Great b. Historians' Verdict 1. Visionary - constructing a fusion of East & West 2. Cruel and Unstable - megalomaniac, an ancient Stalin/Hitler - did not care about unifying mankind, but power & grabbing territory 3. Brought Western Ideas of Civilization to the East - methods seemingly brutal by today's standards but acceptable at the
I. General Info
A. Facts 1. birthplace of western civilization 2. influential on world development a. history - exploration b. philosophy - religion
[ religious backgrounds in US & Latin America come from Rome ] c. ideology - gov
[ democracy comes from Ancient Greece ] 3. continent - subregions a. Eastern (Central) b. Western
B. Geography 1. major cities~refer to map 2. 2nd smallest Australia, 2.9) -4 sq. miles 3. population of 700 million +, density 65 ppl/sq. mile 4. 40+ nations a. largest - Russia ~ 6.6m sq. m b. smallest - Vatican City ~ 109 acres 5. highest point - Mt. Elbrus ~ 18,481 ft 6. lowest point - Caspian Depression ~ 92 ft 7. physical features - located on map a. Mt. ranges b. rivers …show more content…
Early Civilization 1. developed on the islands in the Aegean Sea 3000-1000 BCE (BC) 2. post 100 BC - tribes united & formed units called "polis" - Greek word for city- states, evolved into political ~ Early democracy 3. height of civilization 400-300 BC a. Athens ~ educated = butter [ most money was put into ed. & arts ] b. Sparta ~ military = guns [ money was put into military ] c. Peloponnesian Wars 1) Sparta defeated Athens 404 BC a) humiliating peace treaty, cruel rule 2) 371 BC Sparta lost any claim to supreme Greece d. a northern kingdom, Macedonia seized control of Greece in 338 BC 1) Alexander the Great began in 336 BC to build an empire, died in 323 BC [ ATG - Macedonia king; created a great empire ] a) city-states gained independence 4. demos-people, kratia-power or rule [ democracy ]
1) Alexander the Great b. Historians' Verdict 1. Visionary - constructing a fusion of East & West 2. Cruel and Unstable - megalomaniac, an ancient Stalin/Hitler - did not care about unifying mankind, but power & grabbing territory 3. Brought Western Ideas of Civilization to the East - methods seemingly brutal by today's standards but acceptable at the