3 of the main reasons countries paid tribute is because of the treatment and resources they were receiving!
Your answer is C) many nations relied on us investment capital that dried up after the crash.
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The Romans were initially interested in expansion via Sicily (which at that time was a cultural melting pot), part of which lay under Carthaginian control. At the start of the first Punic War, Carthage was the dominant power of the Western Mediterranean, with an extensive maritime empire.
I would say it would be b: Many of the Imperialist countries had themselves experienced...