Why did people living on the plains of central africa practice herding

answer:

it caused mass african migration, african populations to grow, african empires to topple, and racism against slaves to emerge.

the romans were initially interested in expansion via sicily (which at that time was a cultural melting pot), part of which lay under carthaginian control. at the start of the first punic war (264-241 bc), carthage was the dominant power of the western mediterranean, with an extensive maritime empire