<span>Erasmus though that the clergy was more corrupt than royalty.
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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>
Basin and river are large water ways, rift and lakes are narrow and small water ways. Nad mountain are large land masses that have risen due to tectionic plates.