Trade was vital to Ancient Rome. The empire cost a vast sum of money to run and trade brought
in much of that money. The population of the city of Rome was one million and such a vast
population required all manner of things brought back via trade.
2. Both the Roman and Ottoman Empires were established by force. Both had strong central rulers
(emperor for Roman Empire, sultan for ottoman). Geographically there was much overlap, in the
near east and North Africa, although the Roman Empire included territory in Western Europe
never taken by the ottomans. At their heights, both had efficient militaries and bureaucracies;
the Turks were very effective in the 1400s and later in part because of their fairly meritocratic
system. But
in much of that money. The population of the city of Rome was one million and such a vast
population required all manner of things brought back via trade.
2. Both the Roman and Ottoman Empires were established by force. Both had strong central rulers
(emperor for Roman Empire, sultan for ottoman). Geographically there was much overlap, in the
near east and North Africa, although the Roman Empire included territory in Western Europe
never taken by the ottomans. At their heights, both had efficient militaries and bureaucracies;
the Turks were very effective in the 1400s and later in part because of their fairly meritocratic
system. But