Read the excerpt and answer the question. here gold is found in great abundance and huge elephants, and ebony, and all sorts of trees growing wild. —greek historian herodotus writing about nubia, 450 b. c. this historical description of nubia provides evidence to support which claim? nubia declined because its geography was a limiting factor to its natural growth. nubia depended on outsiders for the resources it needed to flourish. nubia flourished because it was geographically isolated from other powers. nubia was a strategically located center of wealth, trade, and commerce.