<span>D. By the 12th century, they had ceased their raids and begun to blend with European people’s.</span>
A person being accused of a crime or being sued in a court of law is called the defendant.
On the most basic level, the ancient river valley civilizations influenced classical empires because they influenced civilization, period. The river valley civilizations are the most lasting and historically attested instance of the greater phenomenon of humans moving from a nomadic lifestyle based on hunting and herding to a sedentary one based on agriculture.
