Which human geographic factor most likely prompted this observation

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yes te ottoma empire did fall in the   end but something emerged the answer to this question is turkey turkey ermeged   after the ottoma empires falll

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