Read the law below created by hammurabi. was the punishment of the law appropriate? explain why or why not?

write your answer in five to seven complete sentences.

law 55. if a person opens his canal for irrigation and neglects it, and the water floods a neighbors field, he shall pay his neighbor grain in the amount that was lost in the flood.

law 56. if a person lets in water, and the water destroys improvements made to a neighbors field, he shall measure out 10 gur, a measure of volume, of grain for every gan, a measure of area, of land.

Who was the fifth president of the u.s.

Read this passage: the president has asked congress to consider a new antiterrorism law. the law would give law enforcement agencies more freedom to monitor suspected terrorists' phone calls, text messages, and internet usage. the law's supporters claim that it is an essential tool to keep americans safe from terrorism. its opponents claim that it infringes on their civil liberties by stripping them of the right to privacy. which action would the party opposing the president most likely take to resolve this issue? a. encourage its members to publicly attack the law to sway public opinion against it b. begin a campaign to have the president removed from office because of his proposal c. take the matter to federal court to prevent the party from having to support it d. demand that public safety issues be left to the states rather than the federal government (apex)

Why were the chang and xi rivers important to china’s development? a. they keep invaders out. c. they kept china isolated. b. they provided a route for ships to travel inland. d. they provided boundaries for the different political sections