HISTORY
ANCIENT ROME
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Mediterranean
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Arabian
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Tiber River and the Mediterranean Sea provided Rome with the opportunity to trade and conquer.
Detailed explanation-2: -Rome was built on several hills on the Tiber river, which flows to the Mediterranean Sea 15 miles away. It is in the center of the Italian Peninsula which is in the center of the Mediterranean Sea.
Detailed explanation-3: -Roman transport ship The Roman established wide trade network across the Mediterranean. Ships regularly crossed the open Mediterranean out of site of land from Italy to Carthage in Northern Africa.
Detailed explanation-4: -As ancient Rome, which was Carthage’s neighbor in the Mediterranean, grew in power and expanded, a conflict between the two civilizations became inevitable. The rivalry between Carthage and Rome eventually erupted in the three Punic Wars, fought on land and sea.
Detailed explanation-5: -The Romans also engaged in trade across the Mediterranean Sea.