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went to Egypt to escape famine
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Yahweh appeared in a burning bush and commanded Moses to lead the Hebrews out of Egypt into Canaan
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first king of the Jews
united the 12 Hebrew tribes into a state against the Philistines -
- defeated the Philistines
- consolidated the kingdom
- Jerusalem became the capital
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- introduced despotic royal power
- good relations with neighbours
- built the Great Temple of Jerusalem
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Greek culture
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9 archons
the Council of the Areopagus
demos - the artisans/craftsmen, merchants, ship owners and peasants together -
- these were harsh laws (written in blood)
- the laws were made public and were applied equally for everyone
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- the Kingdom of Judah was conquered by the New Babylonians
- part of the population was deported to Babylon
- Persians allowed the Jews to return home
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- set up the Popular Assembly
- set up the Council of Four Hundred
- timocracy - 4 income groups
- democracy
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His rule was mild and beneficent, under his rule Athens prospered
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- 10 new administrative units = 10 phylae
- citizens from the city + the inland countryside + the seacoast
- the new administrative system ensured more influence for the demos
- the Council of Five Hundred
- ostracism
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Greek culture
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daily salaries for the work in the Council of 500, in the Popular Court and for visiting drama performances were introduced ==>> the poor also could participate in political life (= could exercise their political rights)
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Greek culture
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Capua
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Pompey conquered Judea
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Pompey the Great
Crassus
Julius Caesar -
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‘The die is cast!’
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Pompey got defeated
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he centralized power step by step
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formed to defeat Caesar's assassins
Mark Anthony
Lepidus
Gaius Octavius -
Caesar's assassins (Brutus and Cassius) were defeated
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Octavian defeated Anthony
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- the persecution of Christians was ended
- Christianity was accepted as a legal religion
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accepted the basic dogmas of Christianity
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by Constantine the Great
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the Council of Constantinople