Answer: The Israelites saw their leaders as fully human and bound to obey God's law. In this way, the culture and religion of Judaism contributed to the rise of another important democratic concept, the rule of law.
Answer: instant communication over distance through speech
The telephone is a device that permits two or more persons to have an instant communication over distance through speech. It was an innovation made possible by Alexander Graham Bell. He worked at a school for the deaf and it was his focus on speech, hearing and amplification led to its invention in 1876.
