The correct answer is <span>supported the expansion of overseas trade
Both governments invested a lot into exploration and establishing trading routes and trading outposts worldwide because they understood how much their country could profit from such business endeavors. They had famous explorers who traveled the world in search of new trading routes and in search of new trading partners.</span>
Weights, measures, standards, and most important, writing.
They knew the Greek idea of direct democracy. While they didn't necessarily apply the idea in their political system directly, they did apply some ideas that were shared with the Greeks that made the Roman political system more stable and better in the end.
All i know is number 12 is A
