Today’s Learning: What is an empire?
Warm Up: Please add your completed Habits of Mind formative assessment from yesterday to p. 19 of your notebook. WITH a hinge.
Class Work: Please describe what an empire is on p. 20 of your notebook.
Please add the following definition to p. 20 of your notebook:
empire – a group of nations or peoples ruled over by an emperor, empress, or other powerful sovereign or government: usually a territory of greater extent than a kingdom, as the former British Empire, French Empire, Russian Empire, Byzantine Empire, or Roman Empire.
Abbreviations Used in Dates (notes, notebook, p. 20):
- c. = circa (Latin), approximately or about the time of
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BC = Before Christ. Years are designated as before the birth of Christ. (Christian calendar concept)
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AD = Anno Domini (Latin), “In the year of the Lord”. Years are designated as after the birth of Christ. (Christian calendar concept)
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BCE = Before Christian/Common/Current Era
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CE = Christian/Common/Current Era
- Empires are a group of countries or regions that are controlled by one ruler, often an emperor.
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Allegiance to the empire
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A successful military
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Provides for the people of the empire, including safety at the border
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(Often) flourishing arts, philosophy, religion and writing
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Functioning government, example: collecting taxes
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Urban areas like markets (agoras), public baths, worship spaces
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Routes of trade, by land or sea
Describe each story you hear about on today’s CNN 10 in a sentence on p. 21 of your notebook.
Have a weekend! And GBR!!!
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