Muawiyah established his capital in the city of Damascus where the Umayyads would rule the Islamic Empire for nearly 100 years. The Umayyad Caliphate was brought to an end in 750 CE when the Abbasids took control
Hamilton supported both the creation of the national bank, and the payment of war debts. But I am unsure of his ideas on income tax and government bonds.
The Punic Wars were a series of three wars between 264 and 146 BC fought by the states of Rome and Carthage. ... By the terms of the peace treaty Carthage paid large reparations and Sicily was annexed as a Roman province.
