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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

the speech revealed that eastern european countries were no threat to their neighbors, which led to the creation of the truman doctrine i think this might be correct.

the answer is a. the harappan civilisation is also called the indus valley civilisation, this is because they built their cities along the indus river. the reason behind this location can be found in the rest of the "old world" civilisations like mesopotamia or egypt, the first built their cities along the rivers tigris and euphrates, the second along the nil; : their respective civilisations thrived because the overflowing of their respective rivers produced favorable conditions for agriculture, their main support.