How did the geography of the Apennine Mountains shape the development of Italy?
Topographic Comparison Where are the mountains? Where are the plains? Where are the towns? Why few towns in the East? Where is Rome? 15 miles from the sea on the Tiber River – not a sea port. What implications for early attitudes toward the sea? Trade? Map of Italy 500 years after the founding of Rome peninsula still culturally fragmented. Map of Western Mediterranean Resources East – Dalmatia (former Yugoslavia, now Croatia, Serb Republic, Albania) West – Corsica, Sardinia, the Balearic Islands, Spain Sicily and North Africa. Peninsula possesses few natural resources. What commodities were traded in the Roman Empire After Rome begins to expand, trade becomes important. What comes from where? Trade routes in the Roman Empire All roads lead to Rome Most authorities say the Neolithic Revolution in Italy occurred around 2500 BC. It entered the Bronze Age around 1500 BC and had iron by 1000 BC. However evidence from the Ice Man may make us re evaluate. Though we may have to revise the date
