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The Roman Economy: Trade, Taxes, and Conquest
The Roman Economy: Trade, Taxes, and Conquest

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The Roman Empire produced, imported, and exported a variety of goods. The government attempted to control this trade through several means, including…

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Slavery in the Roman Empire
Slavery in the Roman Empire

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Rome relied on the labor of enslaved individuals who were mostly war captives but who might also have been born into slavery, kidnapped, or abandoned…

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The Daily Life of a Roman Family
The Daily Life of a Roman Family

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The family unit was the cornerstone of Roman life. Since the father held the ultimate authority to dispense justice within a family, its members soug…

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The Age of Augustus
The Age of Augustus

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The Age of Augustus United by their opposition to the optimates, in 60 BCE, Pompey, Crassus, and Julius Caesar formed a political alliance, the First…

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The Roman Republic
The Roman Republic

The Romans overthrew the Etruscan dynasty at the close of the sixth century BCE and became a republic. The Struggle of the Orders ended with the pleb…

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The Hellenistic Era
The Hellenistic Era

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By 338 BCE, King Philip II’s empire of Macedon had become the ruling power in Greece. Philip’s son Alexander the Great adopted his father’s plan to u…

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Ancient Greece: Part 2, The Classical Period of Greece
Ancient Greece: Part 2, The Classical Period of Greece

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The Classical period of Greece was marked by increased creativity and innovation, especially in Athens. The philosophical schools of Plato and Aristo…

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Ancient Greece: Part 1, Archaic Greece, Sparta and Athens
Ancient Greece: Part 1, Archaic Greece, Sparta and Athens

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During the Archaic period that began the Greek renaissance, the city-state, or polis, developed its defining characteristic—self-government. Sparta w…

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Early Mediterranean Peoples
Early Mediterranean Peoples

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The Late Bronze Age witnessed the development of a common culture that linked the diverse states of the eastern Mediterranean from Asia to the Aegean…

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Vedic India to the Fall of the Maurya Empire
Vedic India to the Fall of the Maurya Empire

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A sophisticated civilization developed in the Indus River valley, centered on cities such as Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro. These cities were abandoned ar…

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