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Question

What physical characteristics made the Italian Peninsula an ideal location to establish settlements how did these early settlement interact with each other

Answer 1

To answer your question you have to look at the physical geography of Italy. The Italian peninsula is only connected to mainland Europe by a small stretch of land to the north of the peninsula; the land is surrounded by the Alps, making it an ideal location for settling. In other words, the locale is impervious to invasion by land, and at the time difficult to invade by sea. Furthermore, Italy is in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea and has many plains and rivers, making it the perfect place for agriculture due to its warm, humid climate and natural sources of fresh water. The first settlements functioned as city states, which warred with each other over control of the region, until the rise of the Roman Empire; the Romans ultimately gained control of the peninsula and secured its power by the end of the Punic Wars (264 BC – 146 BC).