The Aramaeans were a Northwest Semitic people who did not have any unified government. They only had small indpendent kingdoms in what is now called Syria. These people lived during the Late Bronze Age and the Iron Age. :)
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Some 70 years ago, Hitler's Wehrmacht was chalking up one victory after the next, but then Winston Churchill stood up to the dictator. Their duel decided World War II. The former British prime minister has been viewed as one of the shining lights of the 20th century ever since. Is the reputation justified?
It was commercially important. It allowed for the shipping of commercial goods and saved time + money.