One of the reasons for the success of early civilizations such as those in egypt and mesopotamia was because a. they formed democratically elected governments. b. they were able to find ways to make stone tools. c. they were geographically protected from outside invaders. eliminate d. they used rivers and bodies of water for food and for trade.

frederick william of brandenburg-prussia trained his son, frederick, to be a hardy soldier. but frederick disliked rifle shooting and horseback riding. unlike his father, he was interested in french literature. he enjoyed poetry and music and, like some others of the enlightenment, he scoffed at religion. his father thought him soft, frivolous and unmindful of his duties. and when frederick refused to put his signature on a right to succession, for a few moments his father strangled him.