Which best describes the representative democracy the founding fathers outlined in article vii of the united states constitution? a) article vii required a national popular vote to ratify the constitution. b) article vii required the states to ratify the constitution by a popular vote in each state. c) article vii required the constitution to be ratified by each state sending representatives, chosen by the people of that state, to a special meeting, instead asking the existing state governments to ratify the constitution. d) article vii required the constitution to be ratified by the peoples' "original representatives", also known as the representatives from each state who signed the declaration of independence and the articles of confederation.

when we think of a­ncient paga­n kings, the ideas of justice and fairness probably aren't the first things to come to mind. we moderns may be more likely to imagine fickle, power-hungry despots who were ready to put someone to death on a whim. but king hammurabi, who ruled a prosperous and thriving babyloniaalmost four millennia ago, doesn't quite fit that mold. he claimed to have protect the weak from oppression, and scholars believe he fostered an atmosphere of justice and righteousness for his people.

this belief is based on an object that was discovered only a century ago. it has already earned a place alongside the rosetta stone as one of the most important artifacts of the ancient world. this stela (stone pillar) bears the inscription of the code of hammurabi, and it has shed light on the laws, culture and life in babylonia.

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