Consider Napoleon's remark that "the story of Rome is the story of the world." What do you think he meant by this? How is it that the "western world grew up in Rome's shadow?

The knowledge left by Ancient Rome to later civilizations, languages, literature, Roman law, engineering, arts, culture, abstract, alphabet, Roman numbers.

Explanation:

Various cultural aspects that emerged in Ancient Rome were absorbed by the Germanic kingdoms that were formed in the Middle Ages, after the barbarian invasions of the 4th and 5th centuries. Many Roman cultural aspects were preserved in Medieval Europe and, from the 16th century (time of the Great Navigations and Discoveries), spread across America, Africa and some regions of Asia. The Roman legacy is a mark strongly present in Western cultures today, mainly in the legal and linguistic areas.

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i believe the answer is d.