Although hannibal won some major battles against the romans

a. a plague wiped out his army and he surrendered to rome
b. he was finally surrounded by a large roman army and defeated the walls of rome
c. his army deserted him when there was a political crisis back in carthage
d. most of rome's allies stayed loyal to rome, and the roman delaying tactics eroded his forced

no one really purchased it themselves, it was all america, they had debates etc.

living during the great depression had a major affect on the mentality many people. a good portion of people who lived during that time do not trust banks. this is likely the result of the many widespread bank failures in the 30s that caused people to lose their life savings.

the adoption by russian princes of the mongols' diplomatic rituals

i think that the right answer is the aztecs