Which of the following statements best explains why Mesopotamia developed into a civilization? Select one O It is located near the Nile River O It is located near the indus River O is located on the Mediterranean Sea O is located between the Tigns and Euphrates Rivers​

The presence of those rivers had a lot to do with why Mesopotamia developed complex societies and innovations such as writing, elaborate architecture and government bureaucracies. The regular flooding along the Tigris and the Euphrates made the land around them especially fertile and ideal for growing crops for food.

the romans were initially interested in expansion via sicily (which at that time was a cultural melting pot), part of which lay under carthaginian control. at the start of the first punic war (264-241 bc), carthage was the dominant power of the western mediterranean, with an extensive maritime empire