What differences in Italian topography, compared to Greece, led Rome to build a centralized state?
What will be an ideal response?
Begin your answer by first briefly describing the geographic features of Italy, including Sicily and Sardinia. How does the topography of Greece contrast with that of Italy? To what extent did these two separate topographies lead one to build a stable, agricultural state, and the other to political fragmentation? How much of a role should static factors, such as topography, play in our understanding of historical events?
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