A History of Western Society: Printed Page 184
A History of Western Society, Value Edition: Printed Page 188
Think about the larger developments and continuities within and across chapters.
What allowed large empires in the ancient world, including the Persians (“The Empire of the Persian Kings” in Chapter 2) and the Romans, to govern vast territories and many different peoples successfully?
How was slavery in the Roman Empire different from that of earlier societies? How was it similar? What might account for the continuities and changes in slavery you have identified?
If a male resident of Athens during the time of Pericles (Chapter 3) had time-traveled to Rome during the time of Augustus, what might he have found familiar? What might have seemed strange? How might this differ if the time traveler were a female resident of Athens?