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PRINT Chapter 2 Before You Read: People Search Use the following sentences to conduct a search for classmates who have the following information: • Find someone to explain who Caesar Augustus was. • Find a person who knows something about the Byzantine Empire. • Find someone who can point to a modern-day legacy of Rome. Record what you learn in your notebook. Big Ideas About Ancient Rome Government Governments create law codes and political bodies to organize a society. The Romans built a large and powerful empire. They held their empire together with military force and a highly organized government. After Rome’s fall, the Byzantines created a long-lasting empire. The Expansion and Fall of Rome 330 Emperor Constantine moves capital from Rome to Byzantium. 476 Western Roman Empire falls. 284 Diocletian becomes emperor. ▲ (gold coin showing Diocletian) Integrated Technology • Interactive Maps • Interactive Visuals • Starting with a Story INTERNET RESOURCES • WebQuest • Homework Helper • Research Links • Internet Activities • Quizzes • Maps • Test Practice • Current Events Go to ClassZone.com for 300s Aksum kingdom in East Africa reaches its height. (ruin of Aksum tower) ▲ 42
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Roman Empire LocatorFinal date: 6/25/04
Chapter
2Before You Read: People Search
Use the following sentences to conduct a search for classmates who have the following information:
• Find someone to explain who Caesar Augustus was.
• Find a person who knows something about the Byzantine Empire.
• Find someone who can point to a modern-day legacy of Rome.
Record what you learn in your notebook.
Big Ideas About Ancient RomeGovernment Governments create law codes and political bodies to organize a society.
The Romans built a large and powerful empire. They held their empire together with military force and a highly organized government. After Rome’s fall, the Byzantines created a long-lasting empire.
The Expansion and Fall of Rome
330Emperor Constantine moves capital from Rome to Byzantium.
476Western Roman
Empire falls.
284Diocletian
becomes emperor.
▲ (gold coin showing Diocletian)
Integrated Technology
• Interactive Maps• Interactive Visuals• Starting with a Story
INTERNET RESOURCES
• WebQuest• Homework Helper• Research Links• Internet Activities
• Quizzes• Maps• Test Practice• Current Events
Go to ClassZone.com for
300sAksum kingdom in East Africa reaches its height.(ruin of Aksum tower)
▲
42
Tropic of Cancer
0° 20°E10°E10°W 40°E30°E
20°N
30°N
40°N
50°N
North Sea
Black Sea
Red
Sea
ATLANTIC
OCEAN
M e di
te
rr a n e a n S e a
Rome
Massilia
London
Carthage
Athens Ephesus
Byzantium
Antioch
AlexandriaJerusalem
SPAIN
GAUL
BRITAIN
GREECE
SYRIA
ITALY
ANATOLIA
EGYPTAFRICA
N
S
EW0
0 300 600 kilometers
300 600 miles
Roman Empire, A.D. 120
MapQuest.Com, Inc.
McDougal-Littell, 7th grade World History Programwh07pe-0102CO-001
Roman Empire at it's HeightFinal proof date: 6/24/04
PRINTED AT 85% NASTA
768Charlemagne becomes ruler of Frankish kingdom in Europe.
632Abu-Bakr succeeds Muhammad as leader of Muslims.
565Byzantine emperor Justinian dies.
The Romans built the Pantheon as a tribute to their gods. The attached dome measures 142 feet in diameter and was the largest built until modern times.
The Arch of Titus was completed in the late first century to honor the emperor Titus and his most famous military victory, the conquest of Jerusalem in A.D. 70.
1054Christianity splits into Catholic
and Orthodox churches.
▲ (11th-century gold cross)
960
▲ Song Dynasty begins in China. (painting of early Song emperor)
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