1. Describe the main events and leaders of the Punic Wars.

Punic wars were fought between the second and third century BC by Rome and Carthage.

Explanation:

Rome and Carthage were two of the biggest cities in the world right across the Mediterranean to each other and the Punic wars were the wars fought between the two over control of the area.

The leader from the Carthage side  who is remembered the longest was Hannibal who fought the till the end of the Punic wars pulling Carthage out of a compromised position and almost sacking Rome.

The wars were some of the biggest that the world had seen till then.

it took two men to wrestle rome back from chaos and turn a republic into an empire. in the first century bc, rome was a republic. power lay in the hands of the senate, elected by roman citizens. but the senators were fighting for power between themselves.

the first historical instance of china engaging in internationalism was during the han dynasty.[1] at the start of the han dynasty, the huns in the north were attacking the frontiers of han and trying to obtain riches. emperor wu of han wanted to gain an alliance with a country called dayuezhi so the two countries could join together and fight against the huns.[2] to obtain this alliance, emperor wu sent zhang qian to the west to establish economic and cultural connections.[2] history records that during the han dynasty there were four primary avenues of contact between china and europe. they included the northern land route, the central land route, the southern sea route, and the far southern sea route.[1] the most famous of these routes is the central land route, or the classical silk road, comprising a network of roads stretching from northwest china to the ports of syria and the black sea, which passed through the oasis of the turkestans and northern persia.[1] the silk road was significant for chinese emperors because it provided dominance over central asia by developing resources and provided new markets for the export of china's most valuable resources.[1]