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events in the narrative of history are meaningless if they are not studied in the context of time. knowing what has come before and what comes after an event is an important part of historical analysis. thinking about events in this way people to see the connections between past, present, and future. for this project, you will be asked to graphically organize the information that you have learned about in this unit by constructing a chronological, multiple-tier timeline. objectives review the civilizations, empires, and global trends that you learned about in this unit. create a timeline. create a map indicating the expansion of the roman empire. explain the role geography played in the success or decline of the empire. materials list internet, textbook, and other sources of information word processing software or other software that allows you to edit an image vocabulary timeline a visual, chronological record of events vocab arcade before completing this project, review the advantages of using a timeline when studying history. timelines are useful tools for charting and comparing the patterns and events of history. they provide us with a visual tool so that we may see the narrative of world events presented in a graphical form. timelines also allow us to see what was happening around the world at the same time as the event that we are studying. remember, events on timelines are organized by date. some historians calculate dates using the christian era calendar, which is how you organize the dates on your timeline. this calendar organizes the events of time based upon when they happened in relation to the birth of christ. dates on the timeline that are preceded by a. d. refer to things that happened after the birth of christ. dates that are followed by b. c. refer to events that happened before christ's birth. as you research historical topics, you may find alternate abbreviations for these time periods. instead of a. d. some texts will use ce, which stands for common era. instead of b. c. some texts will use bce, which stands for before common era. let's review! timelines are useful tools for organizing the events of history. there are connections between historical events in our world. directions create a chronological, multiple-tier timeline that charts the civilizations, empires, and global trends that you learned about in this unit. here is a list of items that you may want to include on your timeline: the babylonian, assyrian, persian, nubian, and aksumite empires the development of iron technology greek civilization, the persian war, the peloponnesian war, the formation of the delian league, the death of alexander the great, the hellenistic period the roman republic, the punic wars, the roman empire chinese imperial dynasties, confucius the mauryan empire, the death of asoka olmec civilization the development of buddhism, christianity, and judaism the ottoman empire now you'll take this a step further and add a map activity! notice the map of the ottoman empire. it has several different shades of green to represent the years of the advancing ottoman empire. your assignment is to create a map of the roman empire, from the time the city of rome was founded through the fall of the roman empire (753 b. c. – 476 a. d.) you will need to find a blank map image online which shows europe and north africa in order to complete this project. include the following on your map: title the map with the time span covered provide a key, with colors representing each period and area conquered label the regional map to include continents, major cities, bodies of water, etc. be sure to show different shades or colors of the expanding areas create a scale, to show how vast the empire was