https://padlet.com/jdfairbanks/edc37lq529hr Made with joy en-us 2018-05-08 14:09:44 UTC 2018-05-15 19:10:29 UTC hello@padlet.com jdfairbanks https://padlet.com/jdfairbanks/edc37lq529hr/wish/258920448 the tiber river is the second longest river on the italian peninsula and it flowed right through rome. this and the po river were important to rome because it helped early settlers with a source of fresh water, the rivers were also used as a trading route. the rivers also helped the soil become very rich with it already being rich from the volcanoes]]> 2018-05-08 14:18:05 UTC https://padlet.com/jdfairbanks/edc37lq529hr/wish/258920448 jdfairbanks https://padlet.com/jdfairbanks/edc37lq529hr/wish/259841004 two mountain chains, the alps and the apennine mountains help rome by protecting it from invasions. the mountains also divided the peninsula in half, so then rome could come together and counter the attack. also rome could split in half and one half would stay one one side of the mountains and when invaders came, they would flank them.]]> 2018-05-11 03:18:05 UTC https://padlet.com/jdfairbanks/edc37lq529hr/wish/259841004 jdfairbanks https://padlet.com/jdfairbanks/edc37lq529hr/wish/259841848 since rome was on a peninsula they had water on 3 sides but instead of this being bad rome used it to explore and conquer other places. they also used it for trading]]> 2018-05-11 03:24:11 UTC https://padlet.com/jdfairbanks/edc37lq529hr/wish/259841848 jdfairbanks https://padlet.com/jdfairbanks/edc37lq529hr/wish/259843483 because of italy's volcanoes rome has very rich soil and two rivers it means that farming is very easy in rome which caught the attention of settlers. this contributed to the expansion of their army and their power. since they had a lot of food this allowed them to trade with the mediterranean powers. this helped rome's econemy]]> 2018-05-11 03:35:17 UTC https://padlet.com/jdfairbanks/edc37lq529hr/wish/259843483