Rome
Over the period of approximately five-hundred years, Rome grew from a tiny village to conquering all areas around it fighting and protecting its borders. Italy is a bigger size then some of the countries around it. This shows that Romans were strong and carried a natural pride for the love of their country. For example, in 120-270 A.D., the Roman Empire contained about half of Europe and some African countries, including Libya, Egypt, and Mauretania. They also extended their empire to also serve their political and economic interests.
Greece
Greece’s geographic setting looks like the ocean smashed into it. Greece is a peninsula, or an area of land surrounded by water on three sides. Greece is full of peninsulas. Mountains are also an important landform in Greece. Islands in Greece are mostly mountain peaks. A disadvantage of Greece is that only 1/5 of the land is good enough for farming. Greeks needed to trade for more crops. Most people lived on small islands. But it was very hard for all the people to get together. All of Greece shared a common heritage, language, and especially the geography was very similar between all people.
Comparing & Contrasting Geography
There are some major advantages Rome had over Greece because of its geography. First, it was very hard for the Greeks to get together because of the mountains and hills that numerous people lived in. But, there were also some hills and mountain ranges in Rome as well. The first settlers in Rome thought it was a good place to live because of the fertile soil, and there was a river nearby. Rome has an advantage over Greece because only 1/5 of Greece was suitable for farming. An advantage Greece has over Rome was that the Greeks were very good sailors and traders because water was nearby. In conclusion, the geography of Greece and Rome effected the people around them and the resources they had available.