Rome was initially a city-state with about 50 square miles of territory to sustain itself. With small farms, the citizens could not split them up between their sons and so sought extra land for them. The surrounding city-states were bent on the same need, so they clashed, with Romme losing some, but on average winning most fights. As winners they took land and expanded.
<span>This expansion created more strife, and expansion, leading to dominance of Italy. As a rising power, cities in southern Gaul (France), Spain and Sicily sought Rome's assistance, and as a land power it allied itself with Carthage, a sea power. This arrangement came to an end when Rome supported Greek cities in Sicily against Carthaginian encroachment. A win in the First Punic (Carthaginian) War put the Romans on the path to empire, which was consilidated with the extirmination of Carthage in the Third Punic War in 146 BCE. At this stage Rome dominated the Western Mediterranean. </span>
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Victory of Hitler in attacking Poland encouraged him to attack Denmark and Norway. Later on he attacked Netherlands, Belgium and France. It is such that gave Germany the audacity to launch warfare on Great Britain. Hitler felt that the only way to make Britain surrender was to attack Soviet Union.
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The Great Depression also allowed authoritarian rulers to come to power, which moved the world closer to war. One major effect of World War II was the use of nuclear weapons in war, which would later lead to the Cold War.
The middle east is almost entirely surrounded by seas. The sea bordering the Middle East is the Caspian sea.
