Rome grew from a small village 509bce to the ruler of most of the Italian peninsula 244 years later. Rome would later develop into the greatest western empire of the ancient world. The city was protected from enemy invasion by seven hills and a shallow river. From the hills the Romans could see enemies approach. Experienced Roman sailors with small ships were able to navigate the Tiber River, but the river could not accommodate large s__a__o__ng vessels necessary to attack the city.

Western sahara is occupied by whom? a. mauritania b.algeria c. morocco d. tunisia

Read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt’s “day of infamy” speech. which line reveals the purpose of the speech?

Read a report of the paris medical faculty from 1348 about the plague. we can say that the main cause of this pestilence was and is the configuration of the heavens. in 1345, at 1: 00 in the afternoon of march 20th, there was a major conjunction of three planets in the constellation of aquarius. this conjunction, along with others like it and the eclipse caused a deadly corruption of the air around us. what is the most likely reason this document would be important to a historian’s study of the black death? a) it shows the importance of astronomy in medicine today. b) it shows how medicine once differed in paris and london. c) it shows how the plague’s cause was interpreted in the past. d) it shows the desperation to find a cause of the black death.