1. Ancient Rome and Han Age of Empires

2. Rome’s Geography and Resources

3. Timeline of Roman Expansion 1000 BCE, first inhabitants of Rome 753-507 BCE, 7 kings rule Rome 507 BCE, Kings eliminated and replaced with Senatorial class—Republic formed By 290 BCE, the rest of Italy was conquered 264-202 BCE, Carthage conquered 200-30 BCE, Rome defeats Greek kingdoms and takes over all of Mediterranean 59-51 BCE Julius Caesar defeats Celts of Gaul http://resourcesforhistory.com/map.htm 79 CE. Empire stretches over Western Europe and British Isles 305 C.E., Rome covers Western Europe, N. Africa, Mediterranean, and Arabian peninsula

4. Roman Republic Politics

5. RELIGION AND WOMEN

6. Roman Expansion During the Republic

7. Failure of the Republic: Rise of the Principate

8. The Pax Romana

9. PAX ROMANA (“Roman Peace”)  http://mappinghistory.uoregon.edu/english/EU/EU01-01.html http://mappinghistory.uoregon.edu/english/EU/EU01-01.html

10. Economic Changes  Agriculture  Exporting  Coins  Commercial Relationships

11. Watch the following clip and answer the following questions:  Why were the roads so important for Rome?  What are aqueducts? What were they used for? Why were they so important for the growth of Rome?  What other technological advances did the Roman create? How did they impact Rome?

13. Christianity  Jesus  Growth  Place in empire  http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/ tools/civilisations/index.shtml http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/ tools/civilisations/index.shtml

14. Qin Dynasty 221-206 BCE

15. Terracotta Warriors

16. Downfall of the Qin  Legalism  Taxation  Thought Control

17. Rise of the Han  Humble beginnings  Reaction to Qin  Consolidation of Power

18. Han Dynasty 206 BCE—220 CE

19. The Han Empire

20. HAN SOCIETY

21. Contributions of the Han  Confucianism  Technological innovations— crossbow, cavalry, watermill, horse collar  Transportation and communication  Growth of urban areas  Long-distance trade

22. Fall of the Han

23. The Dynastic Cycle