According to the text, the "finest work of Mesopotamian literature" was the
a. Pentateuch.
b. Epic of Gilgamesh.
c. code of Hammurabi.
d. Book of Instructions.
e. Iliad and the Odyssey.
b
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Medieval medical science sought to limit the spread of Black Plague through which method?
A) ?adopting sanitation practices to make urban centers smell better B) ?rounding up the old and weak and throwing them in the river C) ?poisoning the weak and burning their bodies outside of the towns D) ?appealing to the clergy to make sermons urging good hygiene E) ?asking the monarchs to use the army to remove infected bodies from the towns
What happened after Alexander the Great's death?
a. Persian leaders seized control of lands Alexander had conquered. b. The empire that Alexander created crumbled. c. Macedonian leaders formed a new democracy in the regions Alexander once held. d. Three new Hellenistic kingdoms emerged. e. His former generals split his kingdom into two monarchies to foster trade.
Russian serfs were organized into ____, or communes, which oversaw economic and legal affairs, and their dwellings were clustered around a village center.
a. Mirs. b. Boyars. c. Cossacks. d. Bolsheviks.
What incident was responsible for the United States going to war with Spain?
A. a surprise attack by the Spanish on the United States' base at Guantánamo Bay B. the explosion and deaths onboard the USS Maine, a battle cruiser sent to Havana to prevent attacks on American interests in Cuba C. a private letter of President McKinley's that was published in the New York Journal that insulted the Spanish leadership D. an assassination attempt on President McKinley that was blamed on Spanish agents