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Many early civilizations relied on slavery for economic and or religious purposes what civilization was most dependent upon slave labor in its economic realm

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Egypt

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During the Pax Romana where was the greatest growth seen in the number of newly founded cities

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In Spain Gaul and Britain where cities were first built for government and administrative purposes

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The Romans avoided destructive class struggle by establishing

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A republican form of government

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Patricians Aka

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Wealthy aristocrats

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Plebeians

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Common Roman citizen

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The government structure included two executives known as

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Consuls

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A Senate was Dominated

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By aristocrats

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Tribunes job was to

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Speak for the plebeians

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who brings years of peace but also the end of the republic to become Imperial

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Julius Caesar

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Julius Caesar is assassinated in 44 BC E what happens next

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13 years of Civil War

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Augustus government is

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A monarchy disguised as a republic

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The political stability of this era also produced an expansive and influential legal tradition aka

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12 tables

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Aqueducts

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Water plumbing

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Pater familias

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Eldest male ruled the household

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Manumission

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Freedom granted after years of service as an urban slave age 30

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Early Romans where what religion

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Polytheistic worshiping God’s associated with forces in nature and fertility

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Pantheon

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House of worship

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From Hellenistic Greeks The later Romans Drew on the teachings of the ___especially the ones related to morals and ethics

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Stoics

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Who began the spread of Christianity

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Paul of Tarsus

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Founded by

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Romulus

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Roman tolerance for conquered people is similar to

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Persia

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Julius Caesar favored

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Liberal policies and social reform

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Augusts was able to reunify the empire after he defeated his main two rivals who were

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Mark Antony and Cleopatra

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In 73BCE Spartacus

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Raised an army of 70,000 rebellion slaves

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Who wrote on the corruption of the early Roman empire

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Tacitus

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Roman slaves could not

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Elect tribunes

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The Essenes were a sect of

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Jews

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Mithraism was popular among

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Men -soldiers

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Cicero was a

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Persuasive writer on stoicism

29
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Etruscans were ruled by

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powerful kings

30
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Prior to Christianity what was popular

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Cult of Isis from egypt