Rome Notes

1. 3 main groups in Rome
1. Latins
1. First to settle
2. Etruscans
3. Greeks
2. Geography
1. Located on the Tiber River
1. Found out how to drain the water from the marsh and used it to build
2. They felt they were located in the very center of world and that they were destine to rule
3. Targuin the Proud
1. He was the last ruler of Rome
4. Res publica
1. The people's business
2. Republic
1. Democracy
1. Assembly/house of representatives
2. Monarchy
1. 2 consuls
3. Aristocracy
1. senate
5.   Plebeians
1. Middle class me
1. Farmers, artisans, craftsmen, etc.
6. Patricians
1. Upper class
1. Rich
2. Powerful
7. Slaves
1. Bottom of the hierarchy
8. The senators were old rich men
1. To become a senate the king would choose from the leading patricians
9. Monarchy was abolished when they overthrew Targuin
10. The assembly is the house where the plebeians elect their leaders
1. People were elected as tributes
11. Pg 95, 96, 97

Punic wars

• Rome vs Carthage
• 3 wars
• Rome ends up winning
• Carthage is on the north coast of Africa
• Carthage controlled
• At their peak they conquered from Egypt to Spain. Most of the land surrounding Italy

Creating A New History

 Background

• Was a culture movement that spanned throughout the 1920's.
• Also known as the "Negro Movement".
• It was centered in Harlem, New York
• The majority of Harlem residents are African American
• The renaissance was influenced by all sorts of black writers from places around the world, such as Paris
• The African Americans had been enslaved and even after slavery ended, were treated unfairly.
• Harlem is a very culture filled place.
• Harlem started out as a smaller black community, but then attracted more to come and join, making it almost only African Americans in Harlem
• Many thought that they could not simply erase their past and start a new future, and criticized it greatly.
• The Harlem Renaissance gave white Americans a new view on African Americans.

Zora Neale Hurston

• Had a very famous quote, "Sometimes I feel discriminated against, but it does not make me angry. It merely astonishes me. How can anyone deny themselves the pleasure of my company? It's beyond me."
• Best known for her novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God.
• She was born in Alabama and died at the age of 69
• Her father was a preacher and she was 1 of 8 kids in the family.
• She was well educated and became the only black woman at her college.
• She became one of the lead writers towards the Harlem Renaissance movement

Langston Hughes

• Along with Zora, was a lead writer towards the Harlem Renaissance
• Was well known for his new and innovative type of poetry, jazz poetry.
• He was born in Missouri and died at the age of 65
• He did not have the strongest relationship with his family, especially with his father
• He died due to prostate cancer in 1967

Alain LeRoy Locke

• Alain was known as the "Dean of the Renaissance"
• He was born in Pennsylvania and died at the age of 68
• He was the first African American Rhodes Scholar
• Was a member of the Baha'i faith
• One of his greatest works for the Harlem Rennaisance was known as the, Harlem, Mecca of the New Negro