HISTORY
ANCIENT ROME
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Question
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Which of the following conditions more directly led to the Punic Wars between Carthage and Rome?
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The Carthaginians attacked the city of Rome and in response, the Romans declared war on Carthage.
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Both Rome and Carthage sought to control the Mediterranean trade routes and the profits that resulted from them.
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The Roman assassination of the Carthaginian leader, Hannibal, triggered a full scale war between the two powers.
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The Punic Wars started as nothing more than a small conflict over control of the overland trade route to China, the Silk Road.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The immediate cause of the war was the issue of control of the independent Sicilian city state of Messana (modern Messina). In 264 BC Carthage and Rome went to war, starting the First Punic War.
Detailed explanation-2: -The First Punic War was a conflict between Rome and Carthage. This was a long war, beginning in 264 BC and not ending until 241 BC. Most of the conflict took place on the island of Sicily, or in the waters surrounding Sicily. At one point Rome attacked Carthaginian lands in Africa, very close to Carthage itself.
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