Towns often developed near oases because it was easy access to water and they could farm there.
Louis XVI´s decision to summon the estates-general prove disastrous because during it, the Third Estate , representing the Commoners decided to form a National Assembly, inviting the other two Estates ( Clergy and Nobility) to join them against the King. This is considered to be the start of the French Revolution.
They would stockpile plenty of food and try to limit what you could buy.
The Battle of Veii was a battle between the Romans, who were led by Marcus Furius Camillus, who had been elected dictator, and the Etruscan city of Veii. Veii had engaged the Romans in a long and inconclusive war during which it was often under siege.
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Battle of Veii.
Date:396 BC
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