He was good for some Romans, but bad for others. The optimates who opposed him in the Civil Wars certainly held a negative view. The people generally loved him, but he made too many powerful enemies in the Senate. Caesar was a great general and an inspirational leader, but he proved to be a very naive politician.
After President Eisenhower withdrew his offer to fund the Aswan Dam, Egyptian President Nasser nationalized the Suez Canal.
Thriving cities, wealthy merchant class, classical heritage of Greek and Rome.
Your answer would be C, mainly because the soil near a waterway is very fertile, and before cars, boats were a cheap, easy way of transit.
Some of theses changes should occur when there is no war going on. This is to make the country be modernized by the technology. If there is a war going on, the improvement of each technologies will be lessen and could possibly be stopped.
