Which of the following best describes a "city-state" in ancient Mesopotamia?
a. The ruler governs both the city center and the surrounding areas.
b. There were regional capitals with governors.
c. Merchants controlled the city centers due to trade.
d. Temple priests ruled on behalf of royalty.
e. None of these choices.
a
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The concept of the "Mandate of Heaven" holds that
a. rulers were gods from paradise. b. rulers continued to be important diviners of Heaven's mandate. c. rulers were divinely chosen. d. the gods were in constant contact with a ruler.
The reforms of Diocletian
A) were a success in every way. B) alienated the Roman elite and local leaders. C) reduced economic distress. D) were designed to reunite the eastern and western halves of the empire. E) decreased the prestige of the imperial office.
Compare and contrast the caliphates of the Umayyads, Abbasids, and Córdoba
What will be an ideal response?
Some California women in the 1860s began to agitate for women's right to
a. divorce their husbands. b. own property in a marriage. c. vote. d. run for public office.