The answer is most likely Mesopotamia, known to be the first complex civilization out there(and for creating the Wheel).
The correct answer is this one: "Allusion." The poetic device that the speaker use in the line, “Since Bacchus, Satan, and the Hangman is allusion. Allusion refers to <span>an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.</span><span>
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D). Metro City residents with degrees outside the humanities have per capita income no higher than the per capita income of such residents of other cities of comparable size in the nation.
Explanation:
As per the question, option D displays the claim that would most appropriately empower the columnist's argument as this would substantiate his claim and establish the credibility of his argument.<u> It provides as an alternative and reasonable justification to the conclusion</u> that 'the key reason for Metro city residents having higher per capita in comparison to residents of other citizens' income is not only the lower percentage of the residents with humanities degrees' but simply <u>their higher earning is the major reason for their higher per-capita income than the residents of other states.</u> Therefore, <u>option D</u> is the correct answer.