FORCES THEM TO TRADE

BASIC POLITICAL UNIT IN GREECE, SEPARATED BY GEOGRAPHY

BIRTHPLACE OF DEMOCRACY

BELIEF IN THE INDIVIDUAL, REALISTIC ART, QUESTIONERS OF THE WORLD

WARLIKE SOCIETY

GODS, OLYMPICS, ARCHITECTURE

BETWEEN ATHENS AND SPARTA: WEAKENS GREECE

CONQUERER OF GREECE

BLEND OF GREEK, EGYPTIAN, PERSIAN AND INDIAN CULTURES

DOMINATE THE MEDITERRANEAN WORLD

USE THE ARCH TO CREATE FEATS OF ENGINEERING

USED TO MOVE MILITARY AND SPREAD ROMAN CULTURE

BECOMES THE BASIS FOR LEGAL SYSTEMS THROUGHOUT THE WESTERN WORLD

STEPS THAT EVERYONE IS ENTITLED TO BEFORE THEY GO TO JAIL

RELIGION RISES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE

TEN COMMANDMENTS AND MONOTHEISTIC

MADE EASIER BY ROMAN ROADS, PEACE AND A COMMON LANGUAGE

AFTER CONSTANTINE CONVERTS

INVASIONS, WEAK MILITARY AND ECONOMIC ISSUES

...BUT BYZANTIUM (E. ROME) CONTINUES ROMAN CULTURE FOR 1000 YEARS

MAINTAINS ROMAN CULTURE IN E. EUROPE FOR 1000 YEARS

WESTERN EUROPE SLIPS INTO A CULTURAL DEPRESSION AFTER ROME FALLS

BASIC SOCIAL UNIT IN THE MIDDLE AGES

NOBLES, CLERGY AND PEASANTS

NOBILITY EXCHANGE LAND FOR PLEDGES OF LOYALTY AND MILITARY SUPPORT

GOODS AND SERVICES ARE EXCHANGED FOR OTHER GOODS AND SERVICE

WILL UNIFY EUROPE AND GIVE ORDER

WARS FOUGHT FOR CONTROL OF THE HOLY LAND

WENT TO RECLAIM THE HOLY LAND AND HELP ORTHODOX CHRISTIANS

OCCUPIED THE HOLY LAND

CHRISTIANS DONT PERMANENTLY RECLAIM THE HOLY LAND

POSITIVE RESULT THAT LED TO CULTURAL CHANGE