Before class started today my laptop had a loose screw that I was able to fix using Mr.Schick's screwdriver, thank you very much. For the rest of class we took notes on how Greece developed a direct democracy. After Cleisthenes was put into power he changed the government to where all citizens could debate and vote on issues. Only about 1/5 of the population were citizens because it only classified free adult male landowners. The citizens went to the agora which is a meeting place to discuss government to give arguments on how Athens should be run. After the citizens spoke there would be a vote where citizens would use black and white stones to vote. Athens started to use this form of government around 500 BCE.
Toady in class instead of reviewing the test we read and took notes on the next three sections. The first section was on the Rise of Christianity and talked about how Jesus' teachings spread. The most important reason they spread was because his teachings brought salvation to all. Christianity was a vision that a Roman emperor had before he went into battle. They won the battle and he made it so Christians would no longer be persecuted.
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