Both mecca and were/are located on the arabian peninsula.

the committees of correspondence were the american colonies’ means for maintaining communication lines in the years before the revolutionary war. in 1764, boston formed the earliest committee of correspondence to encourage opposition to britain’s stiffening of customs enforcement and prohibition of american paper money. the following year, new york formed a similar committee to keep the other colonies notified of its actions in resisting the stamp act. in 1773, the virginia house of burgesses proposed that each colonial legislature appoint a committee for intercolonial correspondence. the exchanges that followed built solidarity during the turbulent times and bring about the formation of the first continental congress in 1774.

the geography of greece

led to limited interactions with other cultures in the mediterranean

was rich in natural resources and led to repeated invasions from the macedonians

encouraged greater contact with peoples on the southern and eastern mediterranean coasts

caused the greeks to eventually relocate eastward under alexander the great