1. Standard: SSWH5 The student will trace the origins and expansion of the Islamic World between 600 CE and 1300 CE. a. Explain the origins of Islam and the growth of the Islamic Empire Essential Question: What is Islam? Warm up: On todaysmeet tell me what you remember about Islam. http://todaysmeet.com/Eubankswh

2.  Give me one specific fact about the Roman Republic and one specific fact about Greece. Then tell me how Greece and Rome are different OR alike.

3.  Rome, located in Europe, expanded rapidly  Rome fought many peoples, one of their most important opponents was Hannibal of Carthage  Julius Caesar-good leader, expanded Rome, popular, feared by members of the Seante, and was appointed dictator for life  Augustus Caesar-first emperor of Rome  Much war, but after Augustsus, Pax Romana, time of peace in Rome