Which civilization ideas were the foundation for collective learning in the mediterranean world

Ancient Mesopotamia's ideas laid a foundation for learning in the Mediterranean world.

Explanation

Every civilization is born near a water body. Similarly, Mesopotamia in Western Asia situated near Tigris-Euphrates river system give birth to ideas.

These revolutionary ideas form Neolithic Revolution. This is where many urban centers rise.

Therefore Mesopotamia is known as 'Cradle of Civilization'.

This place is also known for the invention of writing along with Egypt, India and China.

This era saw developments in medicine, literature, astronomy, science and mathematics.

first, the romans stayed isolated because they had to defend their own territories from neighboring cities that were harassing them, like the etruscans. second, once the romans managed to defeat their neighbors, and started to expand their territory, they started to build roads and bridges. finally, now that the romans have covered their territory with roads functioning as highways, they could mobilize their legions faster to assemble larger military units in a specific place.