They had soil that can be used for farming that was moist for crops.
<span> It survived the </span>fragmentation and fall of the Western Roman Empire<span> in the 5th century AD and continued to exist for an additional thousand years until it fell to the </span>Ottoman Turks in 1453. But why did it survive? <span>The eastern half of the Roman Empire was far less vulnerable to external attack, due to its geographic location. With Constantinople located on a strait, it was extremely difficult to breach the capital’s defenses; also, the eastern empire had a much shorter common frontier with Europe. It also benefited greatly from a stronger administrative center and internal political stability, as well as great wealth. The eastern emperors were able to exert more control over the empire’s economic resources and more effectively muster sufficient manpower to combat invasion. </span>
Judaism and Cristianity spread around the world because Jews where kicked out of their countries to other parts of the world, and Christianity spread because of the work of their missionaries.
They were the Essenes
They were a religious sect based on Second Temple Judaism and lived in Judaea in high numbers. They were semi-monastic insofar that they lived in voluntary poverty, were highly ascetic, often they practiced complete celibacy, and they were also known for their daily practice of immersion. They were found to live in areas around the Dead Sea.
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The border states amid the Civil War were the slave expresses that didn't leave the Union.