The development of hummurabi’s code is proof that a. mesopotamia gave rise to civilization. b. many mountains in mesopotamia are more than 12,000 feet high. c. alluvial soil is left behind by receding flood waters. d. sumer was home to a dozen city-states.

A. Mesopotamia gave rise to civilization.

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for a "civilization", you will need a set of laws or codes. Without them, people will constantly quarrel, because everybody has their own thinking of what is "right'. With a set law, however, there is a general 'right" that is agreed upon by most people and would be followed by all people of that particular land. Without the code, there wouldn't be a civilization.

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