The phoenicians rose as a society because they excelled in this area is it trading.
The answer that I came with was, had an interest in the success of Rome, since they could improve their status by demonstrating their loyalty to their conquerors. I just learned about this over the summer semester when I took western civilization. Roman is rich in history but then again I think all countries are. :)
They also wanted India to have its own government, in which men like them would become MPs. The Indian National Congress first set out these ideas in 1885. ... Also, India was so valuable to Britain that they were reluctant to lose too much control. By the end of the First World War in 1918 British rule was still secure.
