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Mediterranean Civilizations (Greece (Political (Each city state had…
Mediterranean Civilizations
Greece
Interaction
City states-not a unionized country
Had slaves from conquered peoples
Sea trade
Coastal states had navy
Culture
Created elaborate temples for religion
Polytheistic religion
Saw gods like humans and thought that humans lived their
own lives
Political
Each city state had different kind of rule
Sparta had totalitarianism
Athens had democracy
only men voted in most city states
had slaves
Economic
Produced olives and grapes
expanded to grow grain
sea trade
relied on slave labor
Social
HAd caste sytem(Upper,middle,slaves and others)
Patriarchal
Sparta treated women better than other city states
Persia
Interaction
conquered many people and expanded empire throughout asia
Traded with Asia and Mediterranean on royal road
had first postal service
Culture
Zoroastrianism
Polytheistic
Political
Darius 1
Xerxes
Cyrus the great-550 b.c.e
Economic
Royal roads
had coins for currency
trade made standardized currency
Social
Kings considered gods
Conquered people adopted culture
Conquered people were ruled by a satrap and become a province
Patriarchal
Phoenicia
Used sea to expand because they were surrounded by deserts and mountains
Absorbed by Assyria
Traders and seafarers
had 22 letter alphabet,easy to learn
Rome
Interaction
Located in Italy on the Mediterranean
Roads were built throughout empire
Traveled and traded on silk road
Traded with many different empires
Culture
Polytheistic religion
Later in empire Christianity was made main religion
Rome builds Dome, aqueducts, sewer system
Invented concrete
Literature included Aneid
Political
Strong central government ruled by Emperor
Civil Law
Only men could vote
Senators dealt with public affairs
Economic
Farming was important
Rome traded with many different cultures along the silk road
Social
Patriarchal system(Men are in charge)
Empire had racial diversity
Slavery existed but based on race