Rome became the dominant power in the Mediterranean region due to its strong military, effective governance, and strategic alliances. Through a series of military campaigns and expanding its territories, Rome was able to conquer surrounding states and establish itself as a dominant force. Additionally, Rome's ability to integrate conquered territories into its political and social structures helped solidify its power in the region.
during the hellenistic age, rome emerged as a powerful new state. after its conquest of asia minor in 133bc, it replace greece as the dominant power in the mediterranean world
They traded widely, sailing to Egypt and southern Italy.
They traded widely, sailing to Egypt and southern Italy.
They had warriors who became nobles who ruled and because the first kings of the greeks.
Soon after the defeat of Carthage during the Third Punic War in 146 BC.
Rome, which exterminated its rival in the Western Mediterranean, Carthage, and went on to dominate the Eastern Mediterranean.
A series of three distinct conflicts occurring between the middle of the 3rd century (usually cited as the year 264) and the middle of the 2nd century (usually cited as the year 146) B.C.E., the Punic Wars had two distinct results. First, the power of Carthage, at one time the dominant civilization in the Mediterranean Basin, was completely and finally broken. Second, Rome was now the dominant power in the Mediterranean world, and it would both expand that power and maintain it for the next six centuries.
Rome's victories over Carthage in the Punic Wars positioned it as the greatest power in the western Mediterranean and helped launch wars of expansion across the entire Mediterranean region.
Carthage was destroyed in 146 BCE, leaving Rome the dominant power in the Western Mediterranean.
The developement of gunpowder and naval technologies helped the Europeans to become a dominant, global power. :) Hope this helped!
Arabs first arrived in Palestine during Caliph Omar's invasion of the Levant in the 640s CE. Arabs were the dominant power in the region from then until the fall of the Abbassid Caliphate in the Levant in the 1100s.
They traded widely, sailing to Egypt and southern Italy.