Which territory, purchased by the united states, was the first territory not to be directly connected to the rest of the states?

alaska or hawei

Explanation: alaska was bought from russia, and sorry I can't spell

the romans were initially interested in expansion via sicily (which at that time was a cultural melting pot), part of which lay under carthaginian control. at the start of the first punic war (264-241 bc), carthage was the dominant power of the western mediterranean, with an extensive maritime empire