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Both the Romans and the Greeks shared the Mediterranean but were separated by time, rather than geographical borders.

You see the Roman Empire (30 B.C. to 1450 A.D.) encircled the entire Mediterranean Sea (including modern day Greece). The empire stretched from Britain to Spain, the North shores of Africa to Egypt, from modern day Iran to Turkey, and across most of modern day Western Europe.

The Greek Empire (400 B.C. - 120 B.C.) was rather small until King Alexander of Macedon (Alexander the great) spread the kingdom from the Greek mainland and Egypt east across the Persian Empire.

However, the Geography of Italy varies greatly from that of Greece. Italy is, for the most part landlocked. As a peninsula it has much water frontage but the mainland cities are mostly inland. Greece is much more spread across vast archipelagos and has been known to be rocky. Each country has its share of mountains, cliffs, hills, and fertile soils.

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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.


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