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a. Obtain: to gain or acquire
b. Ziggurat: a large temple built by the Sumerians.
c. Cultural Hearth: a center where cultures developed and from which ideas and traditions spread outward.
d. Qanat: an underground canal first build by the ancient Persians.
e. Embargo: a ban on trade
f. Cuneiform: wedge-shaped symbols that were pressed into clay tablets.
g. Natural boundary: a boundary created by a physical feature, such as a mountain, river, or strait.
h. Participate: to take part in
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Some Romans believed that an empire would better serve Rome’s needs than a Republic because "The emperor could make decisions quickly without our having to convince others."
When the Roman Republic was established in 509 BCE, the system was based on democracy and the creation of rules to serve the people. The Senate was an important institution for the Roman Republic and the Roman law influenced other legislations until the modern-day era. However, the desire for control, power, and greed, changed things in Rome and the Emperor dropped the democratic system and created absolutists and centralized system in which only the Emperor was the one who imposed his will over the entire Empire.
