HIST 1001 : Exam 3
Document Summary
Greek philosophy: socrates, plato, allegory of the cave, prisoners, shadows cast on wall. Hellenistic greece: the rise of macedonia, terrain: more mountainous than southern greece; gets cold and snows; vast forests wood for the boats tiresias, philip of macedon, good at uniting macedonians by using macedonia for. Get egypt after alexander"s death: the real prize, begin dynasties, dominate language: greek. Birth of the roman republic: italian geography, middle of the mediterranean world, rome is on the tiber river, surrounded by water peninsula, harder to attack people by water. With rome, we see the waters protect it: vast alps mountain range form a natural wall, protective barrier, which helps the romans a lot from being conquered by other people, sea can facilitate trade and contact. Early romans were farmers but became soldiers when needed (farmer-soldiers: climate is similar to greece, dry better for grapes olive oil, etruscans, highly civilized in culture and politics in northern italy, written language.
