Profits from the Americas caused growing inflation in Spain, <span>The costs of many wars rapidly emptied the Spanish treasury.</span>
Language, writing, and laws standardized during the rule of Shi Huangdi because it was a show of strength and power of the emperor. The correct answer is B.
Assuming you're referring to a political context, the Ancient Greeks practiced a system of "direct democracy," in which each eligible citizen voted directly on all issues facing the state. This is different than a representative democracy, as it exists in the United States.