The Punic Wars began after Rome started expanding their territory after conquering Italy and Sicily. They then turned their attention to Carthage (which would now be parts of modern-day North Africa, the southern Iberian peninsula and the western Mediterranean). The Punic Wars happened because Rome was interested in Carthage, because it was the dominant power at the time.
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The Incan Empire arose from the Peruvian mountains in about the 13th century.
The last were conquered by the Spanish in 1572.
So they were farmers in South eastern Peru, before they decided to expand, who lived in and around Peru and, at their peak, much of South America, and who ruled for about 300 years.
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