Which ancient civilizations of the middle east lasted over a thousand years before being conquered ?

i would say your answer would be the second option.

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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