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Understands major global trends from 1000 B.C. to A.D. 300.
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Understands the development of large regional empires (e.g., the significance of military power, state bureaucracy, legal codes, belief systems, written languages, and communications and trade networks; and how trade networks, merchant communities, state power, and other factors contributed to the economic integration of large regions of Afro-Eurasia).
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6-8, 9-12 |
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Understands the imperial crises and their aftermath in various regions from A.D. 300 to A.D. 700.
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Benchmark 6-8:
Understands political events that may have contributed to the decline of the Roman Empire (e.g., the consequences of nomadic military movements in the western part of the Roman Empire; the nomadic invasions of the Roman Empire as described in secondary sources; significant battles, internal divisions, political changes, and invasions between the third and seventh centuries A.D. that led to the fall of the Roman Empire; and the relative strengths and weaknesses of the Roman Empire).
Benchmark 9-12:
Understands political and social elements during the decline of the Roman Empire; the links between military, social, and economic causes for the decline in the Roman Empire; and the impact of barbarian movements on the regions of Europe.
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6-8, 9-12 |
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Understands how major religious and large-scale empires arose in the Mediterranean basin from 500 B.C. to A.D. 300.
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Benchmark (6-8):
Understands influences on the economic and political framework of Roman society (e.g., how Roman unity contributed to the growth of trade among lands of the Mediterranean basin; the history of the Punic Wars and their consequences for Rome; and the major phases of Roman expansion, including the Roman occupation of Britain).
Benchmark (9-12):
Understands shifts in the political framework of Roman society (e.g., major phases in the empire’s expansion through the first century A.D.; how imperial rule over a vast area transformed Roman society, economy, and culture; the causes and consequences of the transition from republic to empire under Augustus in Rome; and how Rome governed its provinces from the late republic to the empire).
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