HISTORY
ANCIENT ROME
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Attractive travel destination
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Centrally located in Mediterranean Basin
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Lack of arable land for farming
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Protected by the Zagros Mountains
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Detailed explanation-1: -Rome’s location on the Italian peninsula, and the Tiber River, provided access to trade routes on the Mediterranean Sea. As a result, trade was an important part of life in ancient Rome.
Detailed explanation-2: -The fertile soil of the Po and Tiber River Valleys allowed Romans to grow a diverse selection of crops, such as olives and grains. This allowed the empire to have a food surplus to feed its population and trade with other societies. The empire also used the resulting wealth to expand its military strength.
Detailed explanation-3: -Rome began as a small village near the Tiber River in Italy on a peninsula close to the Mediterranean Sea. The city was also far enough inland to provide some protection from the sea. The Tiber River was a source of freshwater and rich soil needed to support the development of people, animals, and crops of Rome.
Detailed explanation-4: -Rome was able to gain its empire in large part by extending some form of citizenship to many of the people it conquered. Military expansion drove economic development, bringing enslaved people and loot back to Rome, which in turn transformed the city of Rome and Roman culture.
Detailed explanation-5: -Rich Farmland As the city grew on the seven hilltops, agriculture grew at the base of the hills. Soil on the Italian Peninsula is rich as a result of heavy deposits of volcanic ash, according to Hofstra University. The soil and the mild climate helped the Romans grow surplus olives and grain.
Detailed explanation-6: -Italy’s location on the Mediterranean linked it with the trade routes of the ancient civilizations that developed in the region. With the city of Rome’s rise to power, the Italian peninsula became the center of a huge empire that lasted for centuries. (Learn about Ancient Rome.)
Detailed explanation-7: -Rome’s location in the Mediterranean Sea made it easier to travel to foreign lands in around the sea like North Africa, to conquer new territories, and to develop trade routes. Through these trade routes, Romans came in contact with lots of different people with whom they traded goods, ideas, and technology.