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How has the geographic setting of Italy and Rome influenced its development?
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1) Rome was located on the Mediterranean Sea. So were most of the other major civilizations of their time. This means they had access to the big boys.
2) Rome's proximity to Greece played a central role in the shaping of Roman values and cultural traditions. The value of the individual and the republican form of government, for example.
3) Most trade flowed across the Mediterranean. Seafaring was the fastest and most efficient method of trade and transportation before the Romans built efficient road systems.
4) Italy is surrounded by mountains. Invasion by land is difficult. You have to cross some very big mountains to attack Rome. Hannibal is remembered for the audacity of doing something nobody else thought was possible with his move through the Pyrenees and the Alps.
6) While volcanoes did result in things like Pompeii, they also resulted in great soil for food crops.
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