No "Americans" arrived in North America. However, in 10 A.D. Vikings explored the fringes of North America. Also, Native Americans crossed over from Siberia into Alaska over a land bridge about 12,000 years ago. In 1501, Amerigo Vespucci officially discovered America but thought it was Asia so he did not dock. Then in 1592, Christopher Columbus found and docked in the Caribbean and was the first man to land on America.
The effects of the three Punic wars was death of several Carthaginians,decline of the Carthaginian civilization and its written history, and the rise of Rome as the sole power in control of the city of Sicily, Mediterranean region and trade. The main cause of the Punic war was control of the city of Sicily between the Carthaginians and the Romans. The second battle was fought because of desire by Carthaginian king to revenge the failures of his father. The third Punic was was fought to resist unrealistic demands by the Romans such as handing over all Carthaginian technology and children hostages.
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Because of there natural resources like iron and coal.
wealth of the Italian city-state played an important role in the Renaissance. This wealth allowed prominent families to support artists, scientists, and philosophers spurring on new ideas and artistic movements
NORTHWEST TERRITORY. NORTHWEST TERRITORY. Part of the vast domain ceded by Great Britain to the United States in the Treaty of Paris (1783), the Northwest Territory encompassed the area west of Pennsylvania, east of the Mississippi River, and north of the Ohio River to the border with British Canada.