CLA160H1 Lecture 9: Lecture 9 - Roman Civilization
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3 liveable places: (1)etruria has the arno river (2)latium has the tiber and liris rivers (3)campania has the volturnus river. Climate more moderate and comfortable in the west than the extreme of the east (think: Italy surrounded by seas: (1) (2) (3) (4) Seas makes it easy for people to travel: they have easy access to the mediterranean sea. In the beginning, the people didn"t have access to travel routes of syrians, Babylonians, and others, because the west coast of italy was difficult to get to using the route between sicily and italy, and it takes a while to get to if going around sicily. Sea, mountains and rivers influenced the way they developed and interact with the outside world. Phoenicians: greeks borrowed their alphabets, known for their trade, set up trading posts: cumae, naples, and pithecusa. In pithecusa, first writings were found inside pottery. 800 bce: arrived at the italian peninsula (end of the dark ages in greece)
