Wave of invader swept across Western Europe<span> (Vikings, Franks, Goths, and Huns) trade slowed down to a trickle (people became more isolated) towns became empty, and classic learning just stopped.</span>
Food surplus gave more of the population time to develop and innovate new ideas
Charles Babbage was the inventor
Answer: Rome's location on the Italian peninsula, and the Tiber River, provided access to trade routes on the Mediterranean Sea. As a result, trade was an important part of life in ancient Rome. ... Later, the Roman armies used these same routes to conquer large amounts of territory and expand the empire along the Mediterranean.
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