SSC
WORLD HISTORY
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The mountains separated the city-states allowing each to form their own unique culture and form of government.
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The river valleys brought all of the city-states into one region causing conflict over land.
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The mountains pushed all of the city-states to form in the center of the Greek peninsula causing conflict over land.
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The extensive river valleys allowed all of the Greek city-states to form their own unique government and culture.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The mountains isolated Greeks from one another, which caused Greek communities to develop their own way of life. Greece is made up of many mountains, isolated valleys, and small islands. This geography prevented the Greeks from building a large empire like that of Egypt or Mesopotamia.
Detailed explanation-2: -Greek city-states likely developed because of the physical geography of the Mediterranean region. The landscape features rocky, mountainous land and many islands. These physical barriers caused population centers to be relatively isolated from each other. The sea was often the easiest way to move from place to place.
Detailed explanation-3: -The geography of Greece did not influence the formation of independent city-states. The Greeks developed the modern concept of citizenship. In most city-states, only land-owning males could be citizens. What is one thing that the Aegean Sea did to help develop the Ancient Greece?