The Great Empires
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1. Why were trade routes so important to the axial age empires?
2. What are the most important trade routes of Eurasia? List the types of goods they exchanged.
3. What are the Eurasian empires?
4. Who was Alexander the Great? When did he rule?
5. What gave rise to the Roman Empire?
6. What was especially good about the Romans?
7. What are the Punic Wars?
8. How was Rome able to conquer and rule a vast empire?