Although there is a sharp divide between the most successful global players and the poorer, disadvantaged states and cultures, the poorer states have been able to respond to a very profitable market in the west in one area of manufacture, that of:

Illegal drugs

Explanation:

The illegal drug trade or drug trafficking is a global black market dedicated to the cultivation, manufacture, distribution and sale of drugs that are subject to drug prohibition laws.

Poorer states and cultures in the West have been known for being involved in the trade and its trafficking as a form of response for the divide between them and the wealthy.

first, the romans stayed isolated because they had to defend their own territories from neighboring cities that were harassing them, like the etruscans. second, once the romans managed to defeat their neighbors, and started to expand their territory, they started to build roads and bridges. finally, now that the romans have covered their territory with roads functioning as highways, they could mobilize their legions faster to assemble larger military units in a specific place.

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