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Unit: 600 BCE - 600 CE Second-Wave Civilizations

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Ancient Persia

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Ancient Persia
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The Rise of Persia
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Zoroastrianism
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Classical Greece

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Classical Greece
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The Greek polis
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Greco Persian Wars
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Second Persian Invasion
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Classical Greek Society and Culture
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Philosophy: Socrates, Plato and Aristotle
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Classical Greek society
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Classical Greek culture
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Prelude to the Peloponnesian War
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The Peloponnesian War
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The rise and fall of empires

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Empire of Alexander the Great

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Philip of Macedon unifies Greece
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Alexander the Great takes power
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Alexander the Great conquers Persia
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Diadochi and the Hellenistic Period
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Alexander the Great
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Rise of Rome

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Roman social and political structures
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The Roman Republic
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Exchange between Rome, Carthage, and the Phoenicians
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Punic Wars between Rome and Carthage
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From Roman Republic to Roman Empire

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Rise of Julius Caesar
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Caesar, Cleopatra and the Ides of March
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Ides of March spark a civil war
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Augustus and the Roman Empire
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The Roman Empire
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The Roman Empire

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Fall of the Roman Empire
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Ara Pacis
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Visualizing Imperial Rome
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Ancient and Imperial China

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Zhou, Qin and Han Dynasties
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Confucius and the Hundred Schools of Thought
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The Philosophers of the Warring States
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Early Judaism

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Judaism develops
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Early Christianity

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Christianity in the Roman Empire
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Christianity in the Roman Empire
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The Council of Nicaea
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Early Americas

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Pre-contact Americas
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Empires in India

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Gupta Dynasty
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The history of Buddhism
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Early Hinduism

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The Vedic Period
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Sanskrit connections to English
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Hinduism: core ideas of Brahman, Atman, Samsara and Moksha.
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Hindu gods overview
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Hindu scripture overview
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Varnas and the Caste System
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Bhakti movement
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Early Buddhism

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Early Buddhism
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Core spiritual ideas of Buddhism
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Buddhism: context and comparison
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Theravada and Mahayana Buddhism
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Syncretism

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Women and families

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Women and families in classical society
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Transregional Trade: the Silk Road

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Survey of second-wave civilizations

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Ancient Greeks and Persians
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Rome becomes dominant
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About this unit

This period lays the foundation for much of civilization as we know it today. The classical Greeks lay the cultural foundation for Western civilization. The Achaemenid Persians under Cyrus unify much of the Middle East and Egypt. Alexander the Great unifies Greece with Persia. Later, the Roman Empire dominates the Mediterranean and Europe.