Religion
Origins of:
- Sadducees
- Pharisees
- Scribes
Slavery
- Origins of slavery
- Treatment of slaves in Roman world
- Economic and political impacts of slavery
- Status of slaves, the relationships of slaves with slaveowners
- Revolts and uprisings in the history of slavery.
Impact of Technological Innovations ie roads and travel in the Empire
- Socially
- Economically
- Politically
How were ideas were spread in the ancient world?: the spread of influences in the ancient world occurred through trade; the movement of peoples; conquest. Example is Greek art, architecture and the influence of this on contemporary culture – more than just a ‘look’ (Due to the expectations of delivering messages of power and order to its observers, classical styles were used on many buildings in Adelaide and other Western civilisations). Use searches: Greek art and architecture; Roman art and architecture; Renaissance art and architecture; Greek architecture in Melbourne to see the similarities. Renaissance revival of Roman and Greek culture lead to humanism and the focus on man as the centre of life, rather than God (over many centuries).
- Greek philosophy – Athens as a place of learning (just read first page): https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf10.1111j.2041-5370.1989.tb02049.x
- Stoics and Epicureans: find out what they were!
- http://www.clarion-call.org/yeshuacultureculture.htm (Greek thought vs Hebrew) – skip to sections from Abstract vs Concrete Thought onwards. This will help your understanding of the whole Bible!