rome begins guided notes
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Rome Begins!
WHAT IS ROME?
COUNTRY CONTINENT
STATE TOWN
CITY OCEAN
REGION EXTINCT
WHERE IS ROME???
Italian Peninsula
SIMILAR TO OTHER CIV…
Major River
**Tiber River**
Similar to Greece:
Depend on Sea
**Tyrrhenian Sea**
**Mediterranean Sea**
DIFFERENT THAN OTHER CIVILIZATIONS…
1. Have BOTH Sea and River
2. NOT a country
Perfect Location
• 1600 people came to live along the banks of the Tiber River on the Italian Peninsula.
• Italian Peninsula shoots out of Euope into the Mediteranean Sea.
• Looks like a about to kick Sicily
Italy Forms a bridge between….
Western Europe
Northern Africa
Western
Asia
Why a perfect Location?
1. Along a
2. Near a
3. Located within Hills-Protection from:
Legend of Rome Beginning…
Romulus and Remus
• What other story does this remind you of?
Rome Learns from Other Cultures…
Because of Rome’s Location, What was able to sail into Rome’s Harbor’s?
Significance…
1. Unload Cargo into Rome. **Easy**
2. Pick up stuff from Coast. **Easy**
3. Romans meet people from other cultures. **Easy**
Learn new ideas about
Farming.
Climate
**Along the Tiber River ideal for Farming:
-Grapes
-Olives
**Three-Fourths of the land is Hilly
**Western Coast very fertile
**Warm and Moist most of the year.
Rome’s Rise…
Rome grew and prospered=more people wanted to be a part of it.
**Etruscans took over Rome
--Skilled laborers: Aqueduct
What is an Aqueduct???
Junius Brutus
• Led Rome against the Etruscans and Defeated them.
***Marked beginning of a GLORIOUS PERIOD in Roman History.***