Rome's rivalry with Carthage for control of the western Mediterranean
All of them are good answers but it would have to be the second quote because it gave them access to trade with China and they don’t have to fight over who gets to trade with China
First of all, the passage mentions street children by saying "children pitching pennies" and "kicks and cuffs are their daily diet". Also, pollution is touched in this passage as it mentions "summer stenches" which are bad smells that come because of urbanization and the drains that have foul smells (hence they mention "sink"). We also see how neighborhood noises and noisy people from all around the area show up in urbanized areas because of cramped spaces. Hence, quarreling is mentioned here as well as instances of profanity.
A. 12 hours a day, six days a week.
Because of it was a new era in manufacturing, industrial, companies soon swept over the market. One individual does not have much say in an entire corporation. But the entire workforce may have more leverage in the corporation that the corporate it's self. Thus when unjust wages and hours were enforced, the people needing what little money they could get. Labor Unions were formed.
