HIST 2850 Chapter 1-2: Ancient Rome - Week 6
12 Apr 2016
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Chapter #1: archaic italy and the origins of rome page #1-23: Italy occupies a strategic point in the mediterranean world: the island of sicily, off the southwest tip of the peninsula, divides the mediterranean. In the succeeding early (c. 1800-1600) and middle (1600-1300) bronze ages, a limited range of tools, weapons, and ornaments were made of bronze, an alloy of copper and tin. Iron age the extraction of metal from the ore and the working of the iron require complex and sophisticated techniques, and the making of steel is an even more elaborate process. In the 9th and 8th centuries, eturia, latium, and campania saw the rise of an interrelated group of cultures that would eventually develop into major centers of power and wealth. Greek city-states, as would the southern and western coasts of italy as far as north as. The rise of cities: beginning in the middle of the 8th century and continuing over the next three centuries,
