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Geography effects all civilizations. Espically past civilizations, like the Roman Empire and Ancient Greece. For example Rome used geography to expand there empire by traveling by water and land. They also used geography to defeat hannibal by out manuvering him. To out manuver him they used boats to go to Hannibals home and draw him out of Italy and evantually defeat him. So, geography helped the Romans build an empire. Rome's geography also helped feed them because they had fertile land to grow crops and keep them from starving. Geography did not help Greece the way it did Rome. Geography, was a negative part of Greece because mountains caused them to become isolated and create city-states. This was a major disadvantage because not only did it cause them to fight amongst each other, it prevented them from becoming an empire. It did help them sail to islands, but overall geography was a major disadvantage to ancient greece. Also there was not much fertile land as Rome had, so they could not grow a lot of food for their people.

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Mon, 26 Sep 2011 15:04:00 -0700 The role of Geography in Ancient Greece. By william Costello http://willcostello.posterous.com/the-role-of-geography-in-ancient-greece-by-wi http://willcostello.posterous.com/the-role-of-geography-in-ancient-greece-by-wi

            Geography has played a major role in the history of civilization. For instance Ancient Greece. There were hundreds of rocky-mountains that divided them. Because of this they each were isolated from each other and could not expand and create an empire like the Egyptians or the Persians. Since they could not expand through land, they used the seas to travel to the outside world. Since there are hundreds of natural bays, they had perfect places to store ships. This played a major role in Greece’s economy which relied on sailing for carrying cargoes of natural resources used for trade. Since they were such good sailors they traveled to other far away countries and brought back with them knowledge. Around 750 B.C. their cities started to become overpopulated so they began to move to the many islands and spread as far as Spain and Egypt. While they expanded so did their ideas and culture. But they were not friends with their neighboring city-states and they constantly fought. The geography did however help them fight the Persians from invading in the battle of  Thermopylae. This led to their demise because years later, Rome eventually conquered them because they could not work together. 

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