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What is meant by “Polis” in this lesson?Greek societies and citizenship: A polis was a Greek city-state and its associated political community.
What is meant by “Athenian democracy” in this lesson?Greek societies and citizenship: Athenian democracy involved direct participation by eligible male citizens while excluding many residents.
What is meant by “Sparta” in this lesson?Greek societies and citizenship: Sparta organized a distinct militarized social and political system sustained partly by coerced labor.
What is meant by “Citizenship exclusion” in this lesson?Greek societies and citizenship: Ancient citizenship rights did not extend equally to women, enslaved people, and outsiders.
What is meant by “Hellenistic exchange” in this lesson?Greek societies and citizenship: Hellenistic kingdoms spread and adapted Greek cultural forms through interaction after Alexander's conquests.
What is meant by “Classical legacy” in this lesson?Greek societies and citizenship: Later societies selectively reinterpreted ancient ideas rather than copying them unchanged.
What is meant by “Roman Republic” in this lesson?Roman institutions and expansion: The Republic organized public authority through magistracies, assemblies, and the Senate amid social inequality.
What is meant by “Patrician and plebeian” in this lesson?Roman institutions and expansion: These categories distinguished social and political statuses that changed over Roman history.
What is meant by “Roman expansion” in this lesson?Roman institutions and expansion: Expansion extended rule through warfare, alliances, and administrative arrangements.
What is meant by “Augustus” in this lesson?Roman institutions and expansion: Augustus established the early imperial order while retaining some republican forms.
What is meant by “Roman law” in this lesson?Roman institutions and expansion: Roman legal traditions organized status, property, and obligations and later influenced other legal systems.
What is meant by “Slavery in Rome” in this lesson?Roman institutions and expansion: Roman society relied extensively on enslaved labor and denied enslaved people equal legal standing.
What is meant by “Christianization” in this lesson?Late antiquity and transformation: Christianization expanded Christian institutions and influence unevenly across regions and periods.
What is meant by “Western imperial collapse” in this lesson?Late antiquity and transformation: Western imperial authority fragmented, with 476 commonly used as a conventional political marker.
What is meant by “Byzantine Empire” in this lesson?Late antiquity and transformation: The eastern Roman Empire continued with Constantinople as its major center.
What is meant by “Migration and settlement” in this lesson?Late antiquity and transformation: Migration and settlement involved varied peoples, political arrangements, and conflict.
What is meant by “Institutional continuity” in this lesson?Late antiquity and transformation: Law, religion, cities, and administration could persist through political changes.
What is meant by “Transformation model” in this lesson?Late antiquity and transformation: A transformation model examines interacting changes instead of treating a date as a complete civilizational end.