---
title: "SSWH3: Classical Mediterranean Societies (Georgia Social Studies standard)"
code: SSWH3
cite_as: Georgia Standards of Excellence, Social Studies, SSWH3
subject: social_studies
grades:
  - high-school
language: en
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# SSWH3: Classical Mediterranean Societies

Examine the political, philosophical, and cultural interaction of Classical Mediterranean societies from 700 BCE/BC to 400 CE/AD.

- Subject: Social Studies
- Appears in: High School, https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/social_studies/high-school.md

## Expectations

- **SSWH3.a**: Compare the origins and structure of the Greek polis, the Roman Republic, and the Roman Empire.
- **SSWH3.b**: Identify the ideas and impact of important individuals, include: Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, and Augustus Caesar.
- **SSWH3.c**: Analyze the impact of Greek and Roman culture, politics, and technology.
- **SSWH3.d**: Describe polytheism in the Greek and Roman world.
- **SSWH3.e**: Explain the origins and diffusion of Christianity in the Roman world.
- **SSWH3.f**: Analyze the factors that led to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire.

## Georgia Milestones coverage

No Georgia Milestones blueprint cites this standard.

Source: Georgia Standards of Excellence, published by the Georgia Department of Education at case.georgiastandards.org.