Nobody chooses the rulers. If its through a system of heredity, when the rulers die their children take over.
This is true, American consumers can buy and sell what they like, when they like.
This is false, Island Hopping was used by the allied forces AGAINST Japan. I hope this helps :)
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Rome became the most powerful state in the world by the first century BCE through a combination of military power, political flexibility, economic expansion, and more than a bit of good luck. This expansion changed the Mediterranean world and also changed Rome itself.