I think the answer is A . communismmmmm
Merchants were more likely to experience safe travel.
The best statement regarding the importance of the code of Hammurabi would be that "<span>D all people could see the *laws*", since prior to this it was very hard to know the laws of the land, and therefore very hard to follow them. </span>
Because it gives you the feeling of doing what you want and you don’t have to restrict yourself and you don’t have to think about it just like you do with breathing.
So when it rained the valleys flooded, and that made the lands fertile for planting crops.