Hammurabi's code contained all the following provisions concerning women EXCEPT that
a. women could not inherit wealth.
b. women could be drowned for adultery.
c. women could initiate divorce proceedings.
d. all marriages had to be signed in legal documents.
e. women could present their grievances to a judge and court.
a
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a. Egyptian in origin. b. a warrior god with an elephant's head. c. worshipped, by the third century B.C.E., to the exclusion of all other gods. d. None of these answers are correct.
In the 1960s the center for New Left activism in the state was __________
A. Austin B. College Station C. El Paso D. Dallas
Lyndon Johnson's insistence on fighting the Vietnam War and funding the Great Society without a tax increase to pay for them led to
a. a drastic inflation of prices in the 1970s. b. a decline in the competitive advantage of American business. c. severe cutbacks in the size of the federal government. d. the U.S. government defaulting on some of its debts. e. a growing reliance on overseas trade to sustain the American economy.
The first Greco-Persian war began when cities in what region rebelled against Persian rule?
a. Ionia b. Thrace c. Persia d. Mesopotamia e. Egypt