In Mesopotamian civilization, people often believed that the gods were angry with
them because
A. Corrupt priests manipulated them in order to make them
easier to control
B. It was part of their storytelling tradition
C. Life was unpredictable and difficult, and they assumed their
difficulties were a punishment

Prior to the creation of the us constitution, the general view of representative government is that it only worked in very small-scale environments- essentially a city-state or smaller. otherwise, the actual reflection of popular will declined in the representatives (ie, the difference between 1 representative per 100 citizens and 1 representative per 10,000 citizens), and generally the whole process became inefficient and self-destructive.james madison, however, was like 'no beezy'. he remarked that small republics were prone to faction and thus collapsed quickly. a large republic, he said, had so many interests and factions that none could rule, and thus they had to moderate and compromise.