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Greek timeline

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monarchy
aristocracy
Solon
Pisistratus
Cleisthenes
Persian Wars
Pericles
Peloponnesian War
Socrates
Plato
Aristotle
Philip II of Macedonia
Alexander the Great
Hellenistic
Zeno

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Rome timeline

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Etruscans
Lucretia incident
republic
Laws of 12 tables
tribunes in senate
Punic Wars
Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus
development of professional soldiers
Julius Caesar
Octavian/Augustus Caesar
Pax Romana
Justinian’s Codes

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Judaism timeline

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Abraham
Famine
Egypt
Moses
Ten Commandments
Seven Universal Laws
David
Solomon
Assyrians
Babylonians
diaspora

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Christianity timeline

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Jesus
Paul
clergy
Church splits
Thomas Aquinas

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England timeline

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feudalism
William the Conqueror
Henry II
John
Magna Carta
Edward I
Model Parliament
100 years’ war
Tudors
James I
Charles I
Petition of Right
Long Parliament
Oliver Cromwell
Commonwealth
Charles II
James II
Glorious Revolution
English Bill of Rights 1889
William and Mary of Orange

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G - Solon

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Outlawed debt slavery and freed debt slaves
Opened offices to more citizens
Loosened restrictions on citizenship
Gave Athenian assembly more say

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G - Pisistratus

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Gave farmers and poor citizens more say, weakening the aristocracy

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G - Cleisthenes

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Council of 500

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G - Persian Wars

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Greece vs Persia
3 encounters
first war was Battle of Marathon
Greeks won all

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G - Pericles

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Greek Golden Age (Age of Pericles)
6,000 members need to determine major issues
Started juries
Rebuild Acropolis
Pericles’ Funeral Oration (first yr of Peloponnesian War; celebrated democracy)

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G - Peloponnesian War

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Athens vs Sparta
Sparta won, ending Athen’s dominance
Threw Athens into corruption

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G - Aristotle

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wrote “Politics”
Favored polity [constitutional government lead by the middle class]
ppl should live according to golden mean
came up with rule of law
set up lyceum, school for all branches of knowledge
taught Alexander the Great

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G - Plato

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wrote “Republic”
hated democracy
ideal gov: philosopher-kings - soldiers - workers
left athens for 10 years
when he came back he set up the Academy

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G - Philip II of Macedonia

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Alexander the Great’s dad
conquered Greece

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G - Hellenistic

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blend of Greek, Persian, Egyptian, and Indian civilizations

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G - Zeno

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Stoicism

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R - Etruscans

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aristocracy of nobles led by a king

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R - republic

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300 senators
senators elected two consuls per year
consuls conferred with Senate on major issues

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R - Law of the Twelve

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laws written down on 12 tables and hung in the Forum

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R - tribunes in senate

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plebes elected them
they gained entry to senate and eventually consulship

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R - Punic Wars

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Rome vs Carthage
3 encounters
Rome won all
2nd encounter - hannibal

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R - Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus

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Distributing land to poor farmers
Using public funds to buy grain for the poor
these social reforms counteracted problems arising from conquests
senators killed them

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R - Julius Caesar

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Program to employ the jobless
Gave public land to the poor
Granted citizenship to many people in the provinces

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R - Octavian/Augustus Caesar

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Civil service to enforce the laws
Opened high-level jobs to men of talent regardless of class
Allowed cities and provinces a large measure of self-government

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R - Pax Romana

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Trade flourished due to military protection of trade routes
Emperor Hadrian codified Roman law for all provinces
Emperor Marcus Aurelius came close to Plato’s ideal philosopher-king

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R - Justinian’s Codes

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aka Body of Civil Law

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J - Abraham

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founded Israelite nation in Canaan

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J - famine

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Israelites fled Canaan to Egypt after famine
400 yrs in egypt

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J - Moses

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“lawmaker” bc he brought ten commandments

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J - David

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united the tribes into kingdom of israel

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J - Solomon

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Temple of Solomon
turned Jerusalem into cool capital
heavy taxes needed for his works so ppl revolts broke out after his death

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C - Thomas Aquinas

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reconciled Greek reliance on reason with Christian faith

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E - William the Conqueror

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Battle of Normandy (Will vs Harold)
demanded every vassal to swear allegiance to him first rather than a feudal lord
took a census, which allowed for more efficient tax collection

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E - Henry II

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Sent out traveling judges to enforce law (common law)
Adopted the idea that local citizens act as jurors

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E - John

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Henry II’s son
Magna Carta guy

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E - Edward I

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Edward I summoned Parliament to approve money for his wars in France
he included commoners, which set up Model Parliament

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E - 100 years’ war impact on parliament

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“power of the purse”

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E - James I

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rejected puritan demands
dissolved parliament twice

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E - Charles I

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imprisoned ppl w/out trial
squeezed out money
parliament made him sign petition of right
dissolved parliament
when he resurrected parliament they were MAD
first ruling monarch execution

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E - Oliver Cromwell

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general for parliament in the Long Parliament
made commonwealth
- imposed military rule
- exiled Catholics
- Puritan power

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E - Charles II

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cooperated with parliament even tho he didn’t wanna

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E - James II

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UNREASONABLE (flaunted Catholicism, changed laws on whim)
evicted in glorious revolution

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E - William and Mary of Orange

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Mary - James II’s daughter
Will - M’s husband; Dutch
both protestants

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