Renewable resources: Water, air, wildlife, forests,
Nonrenewable: oil, coal, and metals.
It's becasue human populations are concentrated in areas that are lacking proper resources.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Roman_Empire
Answer: "the Earth's mantle" .
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The asthenosphere "floats" on the "mantle" [of the interior] Earth.
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