G-3/13/25: Do Now

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The spreading, blending and mixing of different cultures.

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Cultural Diffusion

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What does Hellenistic mean?

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To imitate Greeks

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What sea was the Roman world built around?

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Mediterranean Sea

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Who moved the capital of Rome to Byzantium and renamed it "New Rome" (later Constantinople)?

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Constantine

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What does the term "Pax Romana" mean?

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Peace of Rome

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Why was the size of the Roman Empire a problem that contributed to the empire's fall?

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The size made it hard to defend.

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One economic advantage of naming Constantinople as the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire was that it __________

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was located near trade routes between Europe and Asia.

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Under Justinian, the Byzantine Empire –

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reclaimed some Roman territory that had been lost.

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What was Justinian's original main goal?

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He wanted to restore the Old Roman Empire

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The Byzantine empire preserved _____________ culture.

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Greco-Roman