Italy is a peninsula; it is centrally located on the continent (shape of a boot); city of Rome is the center of Italy.
The forms of government in ancient Greece tended to divide the people of Greece rather than unify them.
Italy was not broken up into small,isolated valleys.
Italy was not broken up into small,isolated valleys.
Rome would unify all of Italy's many communities under its rule and ebentually conquer Greece itself.
The Ionian Sea is between Greece and southern Italy.
1). Rome's Appenine mountains were less rugged than those in Greece 2). Rome was in the heart of the Mediterranean Sea 3). There were no small, isolated valleys like those in Greece 4). Rome had broad, fertile plains
Italy has fewer foreign debts and is much better than Greece's economy. Greece accounts for less than 2 per cent of the EU economy.
Greece is very good but they aren't in form lately
Despite it's many mountains, Italy has a less rugged landscape than Greece. This made it easier for Rome to unite the peninsula. In addition, Italy has several rivers that ships can use. Since ancient times these rivers have provided water and transportation routes.
The mountains in Italy, the Apennines, do not block easy land-travel between the different regions of Italy. Conversely, the mountains throughout the Greek Peninsula make it very difficult for pre-modern vehicles to traverse the entire country and militarily unite it.
The Etruscans changed Rome from a village of straw-roofed huts into a city of wood and brick buildings. They laid out streets, temples, and public buildings around a central square.Edit: The above one doesn't relate to geography though, and it doesn't mention Greece. Here is my answer:The landscape of Italy is similar to that of Greece, but the Apennines are not as rugged as Greece's mountains. As a result, the people in Italy were not split up into small, isolated communities like the Greeks. Italy had better farmland than Greece. With more capacity to produce food, Italy could support more people than Greece could.