Transcript Diversity, Conflict, Union

Chapter 13 section 1
History of Ancient Glory
 Mediterranean Sea; region
where European
civilization was born
 First the mild climate
made survival in that
region easier
 Second Mediterranean Sea
provided easy overseas
trade; diverse societies
traded with each other and
exchanged ideas the,
spread of ideas led to
advances in knowledge
Greece Birthplace of Democracy
 Greece grew giving way to the development of citystates; a political unit made of a city and its
surrounding lands
 Ancient Greece left a lasting legacy to modern
civilization by developing the first democracy, a
government in which the people rule.
City States in Athens
 All free adult males who were citizens had
the right to serve in the law-making
assembly
 Greeks famous for science, philosophy
and drama
 Helped inspire the U.S. system of
government
Moving to Modern Times
 1096 European Christians
launched the Crusades –
series of wars to take
Palestine from Muslims.
Florence and Venice get rich
from foreign trade
 Led to more powerful city-
states
 Renaissance- Italian city-
states rebirth of learning
(14th-16th century) classical
art spread through
Northern Europe
Disease
 1347 trading ships in Messina, Sicily carry bubonic plague also
known as the Black Death from Asia west to Europe through rats
in trading ships
 In four years spread along trade routes killing 25 million
Europeans
 Rome conquered
Greece; allowed to
retained its own
language Greek
CULTURE
 Greece: Eastern
Orthodox Christianity
 Latin: the language of
Rome; Portuguese, Spanish
and Italian are languages
that evolved from Latin
 Rome’s religion: Roman
Catholicism
Current Pope Benedict XIV (16th)
Prior Pope John Paul II
Economics
Agriculture to Industry
 Fishing and agriculture remain important
 20th century manufacturing increased, textiles in
Portugal
 Spain leading auto maker, Italy producer of
clothes and shoes
• 1980’s Greece, Portugal, and Spain join
European Union ( EU) to aid growth,
promoting trade with other EU nations