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  • American History
    • American History I >
      • Unit 1 - Worlds Collide
      • Unit 2 - Adolescent Colonies
      • Unit 3 - Seeds of Rebellion
      • Unit 4 - Revolutionary America
      • Unit 5 - The New Nation
      • Unit 6 - Expansion and Reform
      • Unit 7 - Crisis, Civil War, and Reconstruction
      • Unit 8 - The Great West
    • American History II >
      • Unit 9 - The Gilded Age
      • Unit 10 - The Progressive Era
      • Unit 11 - The American Empire
      • Unit 12 - Prosperity and Depression
      • Unit 13 - World War II
      • Unit 14 - Cold War Tensions
      • Unit 15 - Conflicts and Resolutions
      • Unit 16 - Modern America
  • World History
    • Early History >
      • Unit I - Origins
      • Unit II - Ancient Greece
      • Unit III - Rise and Fall of Rome
      • Unit IV - The Age of Faith
      • Unit V - Late Medieval World
      • Unit VI - Renaissance and Discovery
    • Modern History >
      • Unit VII - Crisis of Faith
      • Unit VIII - Revolutionary World
      • Unit IX - Industrial Imperialism
      • Unit X - The Great War
      • Unit XI - World War II
      • Unit XII - Cold War & Globalization
    • *NEW* under construction >
      • Unit 1 - State Building in the Global Tapestry
      • Unit 2 - Networks of Exchange
      • Unit 3 - Land-Based Empires
      • Unit 4 - Transoceanic Interconnections
      • Unit 5 - Revolutions
      • Unit 6 - Consequences of Industrialization
      • Unit 7 - Global Conflicts
      • Unit 8 - Cold War and Decolonization
      • Unit 9 - Globalization
  • AP European History
    • Early Modern History >
      • Unit I - The Rise of Europe
      • Unit II - Rebirth and Exploration
      • Unit III - A Fractured Faith
      • Unit IV - A Question of Sovereignty
      • Unit V - A Shifting Society
      • Unit VI - Revolution
    • Late Modern History >
      • Unit VII - Political Turmoil
      • Unit VIII - Rise of the Nation-State
      • Unit IX - Forging the Modern Era
      • Unit X - Imperialism and the Great War
      • Unit XI - Global Conflicts
      • Unit XII - The Long Peace
  • Civic Literacy

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Ancient Greece

2700B.C.
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324B.C.
28th Century B.C. - 4th Century B.C.
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NEED TO KNOW
  • Fall of Babylon 
  • Cyrus the Great
  • Darius take the throne
  • Athens
  • Sparta
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MEDITERRANEAN RIVALS: GREEKS AND PERSIANS

A new power emerges from the East and conquers the all that lay in its path.  Meanwhile, on the frontier of this new empire, a collection of city-states in Greece begin to lay the foundations of European civilization along the Mediterranean.
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  • Ionian Revolt 
  • Battle of Marathon
  • Battle of Thermopylae 
  • Battle of Salamis
  • Battle of Platea
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THE GRECO-PERSIAN WAR

Civilizations clash over power, revenge, and influence.  The conflict between the two will end with one coming to dominate Western civilization and the world to come.
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  • Pericles and the Greek League 
  • Herodotus, Socrates & Plato
  • Peloponnesian War
  • Philip II of Macedonia
  • Alexander the Great
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CLASSICAL GREECE AND ALEXANDER

The Greeks give birth to Western Civilization as their monumental impact upon history sets the stage for Western politics, philosophy, theatre, science, mathematics & much more.  Also, a ambitious young general sets out to end the Persian threat in the East.
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  • American History
    • American History I >
      • Unit 1 - Worlds Collide
      • Unit 2 - Adolescent Colonies
      • Unit 3 - Seeds of Rebellion
      • Unit 4 - Revolutionary America
      • Unit 5 - The New Nation
      • Unit 6 - Expansion and Reform
      • Unit 7 - Crisis, Civil War, and Reconstruction
      • Unit 8 - The Great West
    • American History II >
      • Unit 9 - The Gilded Age
      • Unit 10 - The Progressive Era
      • Unit 11 - The American Empire
      • Unit 12 - Prosperity and Depression
      • Unit 13 - World War II
      • Unit 14 - Cold War Tensions
      • Unit 15 - Conflicts and Resolutions
      • Unit 16 - Modern America
  • World History
    • Early History >
      • Unit I - Origins
      • Unit II - Ancient Greece
      • Unit III - Rise and Fall of Rome
      • Unit IV - The Age of Faith
      • Unit V - Late Medieval World
      • Unit VI - Renaissance and Discovery
    • Modern History >
      • Unit VII - Crisis of Faith
      • Unit VIII - Revolutionary World
      • Unit IX - Industrial Imperialism
      • Unit X - The Great War
      • Unit XI - World War II
      • Unit XII - Cold War & Globalization
    • *NEW* under construction >
      • Unit 1 - State Building in the Global Tapestry
      • Unit 2 - Networks of Exchange
      • Unit 3 - Land-Based Empires
      • Unit 4 - Transoceanic Interconnections
      • Unit 5 - Revolutions
      • Unit 6 - Consequences of Industrialization
      • Unit 7 - Global Conflicts
      • Unit 8 - Cold War and Decolonization
      • Unit 9 - Globalization
  • AP European History
    • Early Modern History >
      • Unit I - The Rise of Europe
      • Unit II - Rebirth and Exploration
      • Unit III - A Fractured Faith
      • Unit IV - A Question of Sovereignty
      • Unit V - A Shifting Society
      • Unit VI - Revolution
    • Late Modern History >
      • Unit VII - Political Turmoil
      • Unit VIII - Rise of the Nation-State
      • Unit IX - Forging the Modern Era
      • Unit X - Imperialism and the Great War
      • Unit XI - Global Conflicts
      • Unit XII - The Long Peace
  • Civic Literacy