1. Rome From Republic to Empire and Beyond

2. UNIT ONE: ANCIENT WORLD—CIVILIZATIONS AND RELIGIONS (4000 BC - 500 AD)
C. Classical civilizations (what makes it classical→ art, music, literature, etc..)
3. Roman Republic (what makes it a republic?- Senate, voting rights, etc.)
a. Human and physical geography (location, people (ethnic groups/ classes- patricians/ plebeians), openings/ barriers to trade/ invasion)
b. Contributions—law (Twelve Tables), architecture (arches, domes, columns), literature- poetry, philosophy, history, roads (extensive- connected all parts of the Empire→ trade and communication), bridges

3. D.The rise and fall of great empires
2. Roman Empire
a. Human and physical geography (Pros/ Cons)
b. Factors leading to growth (engineering [aqueducts], empire building [Punic Wars], trade- Silk Road; Mediterranean)
c. Contributions- language (Latin), art and architecture (grand opulent copies of Greek works), engineering (extensive system of roads united the empire, improved arch and dome, built aqueducts), law (12 Tables- basis of Western legal system)
d. Causes of decline (Extent of Empire, Corruption, Invasion)
e. Role of migrating nomadic groups from Central Asia (Germanic Tribes)
f. Pax Romana (Golden Age)-(Who, What, When, Where, Why, How)