Smaller states since they would get as much representation as the Bigger states.
The Republican party began as a coalition of anti-slavery "Conscience Whigs<span>" and </span>Free Soil Democrats<span> opposed to the </span>Kansas–Nebraska Act<span>, submitted to Congress by </span>Stephen Douglas<span> in January 1854.</span>
Owned land in asia (good for trading) thats a good one
The answer would be B) the Roman Empire, since they were the ones who established it, and the mongols came after the silk roads construction, alexander the great lived before the silk road, and many local governments also encompasses the romana