Survey of World History Task-2 The Rise of Multicultural Empires (through 600 CE)

The history of Greece reveals a location from which most of what is considered modern knowledge was derived. The area hosted various scholars, philosophers, historians and athletes hence an interest in understanding how the geographical factors facilitated this success. As a mainland mainly surrounded by water and will, the little promise of agriculture; people in Greece survived by expeditions in the sea. This, in turn, led to their exposure and ultimate colonization of modern-day Turkey (Gilje & Skirbekk, 2017). Rome, according to Ryan (2019), was geographically situated such that a mountain range protected it. Rome city was centrally located hence allowing easy access to the Mediterranean trading...