How did rome build its economy without the existence of an extensive trade industry? a) roman leaders led extensive military expeditions to conquer foreign territories and increase access to trade routes. b) all other city-states were forced to pay taxes to the roman catholic church in rome. c) roman leaders encouraged a revival of the arts, and paintings and writings were sold to build up the economy. d) because the roman catholic church was the center of the city-state, church officials raised money for the city.

D) Because the Roman Catholic Church was the center of the city-state, church officials raised money for the city.

Explanation:

The economy of the Roman Empire relayed heavily on their ability to tax the conquered territories and the main taxer of that time was the Catholic Church which gathered money from the Catholics all over the empire and also taxed the other churches for practicing their religion like the jewish people, so eventhough they didn´t have an extensive trade industry they benefited from other conquered territories having a good economy since they were taxing them.

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