Which of the following was NOT a source of state authority in the First Civilizations?
a. A recognition that life in cities was so complex that somebody had to organize it
b. Force
c. Representative assemblies
d. An identification of kingship with the sacred
Answer: c. Representative assemblies
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a. farmers b. merchants c. scholar-officials d. monks
The commonly recurring mark that looks like a P is thought to stand for
a. a favored animal. b. a powerful male. c. a woman. d. a symbol for a calendar.
The British North America Act of 1867 made Canada a
a. fully independent nation. b. collection of self-governing colonies. c. dominion within the British empire. d. commonwealth ruled jointly by regional governments and the British Parliament. e. constitutional republic.
An effect of Draco's special authority to codify and publish laws for the first time was the ________
A. granting of rights of habeas corpus B. granting of the right of the accused to face their accuser C. publication of set laws that applied to all of the lower classes D. publication of laws strengthening the hand of the state against powerful nobles E. introduction of laws made by a tyrant