Compare the resurgence of civilization in the Greek world with the new empires of Assyria and Babylon. What are the most important differences and why?
What will be an ideal response?
A. Differences in the resurgence of Greek civilization
1. grew through industry and trade rather than war and conquest
2. trade was based on sea travel
3. colonization to increase trade and resources rather than conquest
4. Greek culture spread to new territories through colonization
5. influence spread far outside its borders
a. helped to shape much of the modern world
B. Differences important to the longevity of Greek empire
1. colonization and trade made the Mediterranean a highway of cultural exchange
2. was a land open to the eastern Mediterranean, and influences from around the sea's rim fashioned Greek culture
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