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the roman empire began to weaken
the akkadian army stopped the empire from expanding to the south
For the early visitors from Europe it was a wild and wonderful panorama of mountains, coastlines and bays occupied by exotic peoples and animals with soils ready to produce crops for export. It was a Heaven on Earth needing only the power of the British Empire to prepare it for a rightful place as a part of that Empire.
The Alps are a tremendous physical barrier for anyone who wanted to invade Italy from a land route. It is almost impassable in the winter (although Hannibal managed it with his troops, including his war elephants to surprise the Romans). On the other hand, it also meant it was difficult for the Roman Empire to relay troops to other parts of the Empire if needs be.
Augustus did not establish the Roman Empire. The Roman Republic already had an empire. In fact, much of Rome's imperial expansion occurred during the republican period. What Augustus established was the period of rule by emperors which followed the Republic. Augustus effectively became the sole ruler of Rome in 30 B.C. when he won his civil war against Mark Antony. His absolute personal rule was formalised in 27 B.C. with the First Settlement with the senate.
An over-populated Greece provided the reservoir of soldiers for Alexander The Persian Empire provided a target in Asia ripe for takeover.
the roman empire began to weaken
there were mountains, rivers, oceans, plauteus, valleys.
They were really spread out so they had trouble controlling their people.
There were geographic features which limited expansion of the Roman Empire only in two areas. One was the Sahara Desert, which meant that the Romans stayed on the coastal areas of Algeria and Libya. The other was the highlands of Scotland. The favoured the fierce resistance to Roman expansion by the Picts. Given that the mountains made it difficult to subdue them and that Scotland was a peripheral area with little economic benefits, the Romans withdrew and built two walls as protection from raids by the Picts: Hadrian's Wall and the Antonine Wall. Apart from the above, Geographical obstacles, such as mountains and wide rivers, were no deterrent for Roman expansion.
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There was a fight going on at the time, they were afraid of the other troops killing them, and they would lose the war if the other empires decided to work together to overthrow the Assyrian empire.
The Himalayas are one of them.
Expansion of the Great Wall Expansion of the size of the empire.
Expansion of the Great Wall Expansion of the size of the empire.
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