What led to the rise of the merchant class after the punic wars?

After the Punic wars and Carthage fell, its nearby rival Utica was made the capitol of the region and the leading center of Punic trade and leadership. Roman Empire was forced to rebuilt Carthage for the harbor was useless because of the accumulated silt from the grain cultivation in the Tunisian mountains that eroded the river. The fall of Carthage opened up a trading sea route as it is in the outlet of the Majardah river,Tunisia's only river which flowed all year long.

The native americans, spanish, french and americans all name places in our state. the word “arkansas” came from the quapaw indians, by way of early french explorers. at the time of the early french exploration, a tribe of indians, the quapaws, lived west of the mississippi and north of the arkansas river.

Mary the first aka bloody mary was catholic