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.

food chain i would say only because there is competition on getting food and survival

the correct answers are: 1) lay and collect taxes and duties; 2) pay debts; 5) borrow money;   6) regulate commerce with foreign nations.

article 1, section 8. refers to the powers of congress. according to the united states constitution: “the congress shall have the power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the united states.”