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What was the most important contribution of the Roman Empire?
The Lasting Contributions of Rome. The Romans invented cement, which was stronger than stone and designed huge arches and domes with it. They also used concrete to build more than 50,000 miles of roads. This helped unify the empire.
What are the top 5 industries in Italy?
Its major industries are tourism, precision machinery, motor vehicles, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, electrical goods, textiles, fashion, clothing and footwear.
What are two things that Rome’s waterways provided for the people there?
The Roman aqueducts supplied fresh, clean water for baths, fountains, and drinking water for ordinary citizens.
What did the Roman Empire trade?
The Romans imported a whole variety of materials: beef, corn, glassware, iron, lead, leather, marble, olive oil, perfumes, purple dye, silk, silver, spices, timber, tin and wine. The main trading partners were in Spain, France, the Middle East and North Africa. Britain exported lead, woollen products and tin.
What are the most important industries in Italy?
Italy’s economic strength is in the processing and manufacturing of goods, primarily in small and medium sized family-owned firms. Its major industries are tourism, precision machinery, motor vehicles, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, electrical goods, textiles, fashion, clothing and footwear.
What was the largest industry in ancient Rome?
Trade Goods and Manufacturing. The largest industry in ancient Rome was mining, which provided the stones for the enormous building projects and metals for tools and the weapons that conquered the western world. Greece and northern Italy provided marble for the buildings that awed the ancients and modern people alike.
Why was the Roman economy important to ancient Rome?
The Ancient Roman road network was essential for the movement of goods and the military around the Empire. The Roman Market Economy uses the tools of modern economics to show how trade, markets, and the Pax Romana were critical to ancient Rome’s prosperity.
Where did the ancient Romans get their goods from?
Silks from China and the Far East, cotton and spices from India, Ivory and wild animals from Africa, vast amounts of mined metals from Spain and Britain, fossilized amber gems from Germany and slaves from all over the world discovered that all roads did indeed “lead to Rome.”
How did farmers make money in ancient Rome?
Roman farmers paid their taxes to the government, partly with food, some part with money. Roman farmers used the money they got from selling their crops to buy clothing, furniture and tools. Some farmers lived in small villages, others lived in bigger towns.