1 is the answer my class is doing the enlightenment era this month
The tradition of building a ziggurat was started by the Sumerians, but other civilizations of Mesopotamia such as the Akkadians, the Babylonians, and the Assyrians also built ziggurats.
The Han, Roman and Gupta empires all fell do to invasion. A strong, loyal army is necessary to protect the empire from invasion. All of these empires were first weakened by a succession weak governments. The trust and faith in the government was eroded over time. Internal strife by the people because of declining abilities of the government to govern weaken the state. The government should try to prevent internal rebellions by maintaining good governance over the people.
To ensure border states remained in the union, he never said his goal was to end slavery, only that it was to save the union.
