https://padlet.com/jwfirst/je7airxirbh8 By Jackson First en-us 2018-05-07 17:05:51 UTC 2018-05-08 17:19:17 UTC hello@padlet.com jwfirst https://padlet.com/jwfirst/je7airxirbh8/wish/258628633 The sea was a huge thing for Italy for it to strive. Not only was salt water so they could not use it to drink but they used it so they could become great traders. The Italian landscape is not as hilly and mountainous as Greece but it still was hard to farm crops and get food that way. So they would get food by trading with other places and they became pretty good at it.This Sea was very important to ancient Rome because it gave them the option to trade goods. This was very important because Italy has a lot of mountains and it can get hard to grow crops.]]> 2018-05-07 17:09:28 UTC https://padlet.com/jwfirst/je7airxirbh8/wish/258628633 jwfirst https://padlet.com/jwfirst/je7airxirbh8/wish/258633034 The Alps are the largest Mountain range that goes through Northern Italy by Milan. It keeps on going into Austria, Croatia and many other counties in southwestern Europe.  These mountains are covered with large forests, great meadows and all kinds of flowers and wildlife . In the summer time millions of birds will come to these mountains from Africa.  Because of the mountains though it made it hard for the Italians to gather food by growing crops. ]]> 2018-05-07 17:18:58 UTC https://padlet.com/jwfirst/je7airxirbh8/wish/258633034 jwfirst https://padlet.com/jwfirst/je7airxirbh8/wish/258998833 The Italian Peninsula really helped the Romans and the rest of the Italians strive. This gave them the assess to traveling on water in any sea they would like. They could trade with anyone and be able to get all kinds of fish and food from the seas and oceans. This really helped the ancient Italians.  Being able to have the ability to trade with other countries is a huge deal and this made it easy for the Italian leaders to make a decision on how to get food. ]]> 2018-05-08 16:54:30 UTC https://padlet.com/jwfirst/je7airxirbh8/wish/258998833 jwfirst https://padlet.com/jwfirst/je7airxirbh8/wish/259003435 The Tiber river is one of the largest rivers that run through central Italy. It stretches 252 miles or about 400 kilometers. It runs through many major cities including Rome. It was a great fresh water supply having food and fresh drinking water for the people of Rome. Then the river runs in to the Tyrhennian sea where the river ends.]]> 2018-05-08 17:04:18 UTC https://padlet.com/jwfirst/je7airxirbh8/wish/259003435