What effect did geography have on the development of ancient Greece?

a. The landlocked location of Greece limited political and cultural growth.
b. The abundance of fertile land in Greece led to new farming techniques.
c. The lack of seaports in Greece limited contact and trade with other nations.
d. The mountainous terrain in Greece limited contact and trade with other nations.

The geography of the region helped to shape the government and culture of the Ancient Greeks. Geographical formations including mountains, seas, and islands formed natural barriers between the Greek city-states and forced the Greeks to settle along the coast

in his book, the riddle of the rosetta stone, james giblin talks about how there was a young british polymath and physician named thomas young who made a lot of advances on the deciphering of the rosetta stone. he says that even though young made a lot of mistakes because he was working under false assumptions, he also made huge contributions like deciphering three out of the seven symbols (more than anyone else before him). young published his findings and continued his good work but he wasn't able to progress much further due to some unfavorable situations, he still laid the basis for many other scholars and of course for the man who has been generally known to have deciphered it, jean-françois champollion