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D. Rome was located on the Nile River which supported a strong economy through trade.
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Rome was located on the Tiber River.
The third one down would be right
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City-state, a political system consisting of an independent city having sovereignty over contiguous territory and serving as a centre and leader of political, economic, and cultural life.
(I don't know how it spreaded though, sorry :<)
if only person was in charge of a government, it would gradually convert into a dictatorship, simply because there are no other branches of the government to keep the executive government in check. This is why governments have three branches, to make sure power is balanced. Two branches and even four branches wouldn't work because of uneven balances in power.