Task 2 A. 1. Greece Geography plays an important role in how a civilization forms and what part it plays in the world. One of the key factors that made Greece into the civilization that we see today is the mountains and the valleys that form its land mass. The poor soil quality on the narrow coastal land is not very good for growing crops. Instead of growing food to support its own people the people of Greece had to grow crops in which they could trade. The land of Greece is a perfect place to grow grapes and olives. These two products were able to be traded to the other areas that are in close proximity to Greece. In this way Greece was able to not only supply the known world with grapes and olives, but they were able to get food to feed the people of Greece. Rome The geographical feature that played the biggest role for Rome is the Mediterranean Sea. Rome’s economic system early on was founded on agriculture. Rome started out as a civilization using the Tibers River for trade, but once the city freed itself from the Etruscans the Romans took hold of the whole of the Italian Peninsula; thus, gaining great areas of fertile land for crops. This also opened up land directly connected to the Mediterranean Sea and the ability to transport the …show more content…
These philosophers spurred on new ideas of government, culture, and how they felt people should individually live their lives. Three of the most well-known philosophers are Socrates (469-399 BCE), Plato (430-347 BCE), and Aristotle (384-322 BCE). Socrates way of asking probing questions is credited to be the frontier of scientific inquiry. Plato is most well-known for transcribing most of Socrates work and for his ideas on how to create “an ideal political society in which education would play a major role” (). Aristotle is known for being the tutor of Alexander the Great for eight