Merchants and traders who travel along these routes must stop at oases to replenish food and water supplies and this means that whoever controls an oasis also controls the trade along the route—making oases desirable to political, economic, and military leaders.
One audience for the Declaration of Independence was the American colonists. In the document, Jefferson lays out the argument for forming a new nation. He lists the goals of the new government—this will be a government that will safeguard the people's natural rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
Roman values of discipline strength and loyalty characterized a person with the virtue of a solider in the military, since Rome's power both domestically and abroad came from its strong military force.
