-Rome was very large as well as its population, this increased in disease and the transmission of disease. -it was estimated rome was a civilization for 12 centuries and shifted from an monarchy to a republic. -The Roman army was relatively weak in cavalry, this was particularly the case when compared with Parthia and Persia. In particular it was badly supplied with mounted archers and shock cavalry such as "lancers" (Contarii, Cataphractii and Clibanarii). In the Republic (until late on) it was handicapped in having amateur generals. These were politicians given command for a limited time, quality was very variable indeed. GREEK GEOGRAPHY Ancient greece was surrounded by the mediterranean sea almost entirely and spotted islands . the mediterranean sea provided much food to the people of greece as they were sea faring people. Greece also had shorter mild winters but long and dry summers that put off a fair amount of heat. The people of greece gathered fresh water from the surrounding mountains. The mountains of greece where and are not huge but where big enough to cause the greeks to travel by sea. …show more content…
they built armor and clothing with niting like objects and by using looms. these ancient civilizations were scattered with pottery, pottery was hand crafted and air dried and sometimes dried by fire. these pot were used as storage. they sectioned crop fields by cattle and plows made from sturdy wood. and houses were made of clay and sand type resources. persia was very crafty with tools which helped in battle and making. these tools were mostly metal, made my molding and