1. Standard: The Rise of Russia Essential Question: What makes the Russian Empire important? What was its relationship to the Byzantine Empire? Warm up: Open up Nearpod. Enter this pin______

2.  Give me one specific fact about the Roman Republic and one specific fact about Greece. Then tell me how Greece and Rome are different OR alike.

3.  Rome, located in Europe, expanded rapidly  Rome fought many peoples, one of their most important opponents was Hannibal of Carthage  Julius Caesar-good leader, expanded Rome, popular, feared by members of the Seante, and was appointed dictator for life  Augustus Caesar-first emperor of Rome  Much war, but after Augustsus, Pax Romana, time of peace in Rome