According to Herodotus, at the top of each ziggurat was a shrine, although none of these shrines have survived. One practical function of the ziggurats was a high place on which the priests could escape rising water that annually inundated lowlands and occasionally flooded for hundreds of miles, for example the 1967 flood. Another practical function of the ziggurat was for security. Since the shrine was reachable only by way of three stairways, a small number of guards could prevent non-priests from spying on the rituals at the shrine on top of the ziggurat, such as initiation rituals such as the Eleusinian mysteries, cooking of sacrificial food and burning of carcasses of sacrificial animals. Each ziggurat was part of a temple complex that included a courtyard, storage rooms, bathrooms, and living quarters, around which a city was built
The main reason why large plantations developed in the South during the colonial period was that<u> the climate in the South provided longer growing seasons. </u>(OPTION NUMBER 4)
The Articles of Confederation established its authority by <u>providing a system for the formation of new states.</u> (OPTION NUMBER 1)
A fundamental principle of a republican form of government is that <u>legislation must be passed by the elected representatives of the people.</u> (OPTION NUMBER 2)
The major argument the Antifederalists used to oppose the ratification of the constitution was the fact that <u>the proposed one did not contain the bill of rights</u>. (OPTION NUMBER 3)
the answer is A. at first the cotton gin was supposed to make things easier for slaves. but with the cotton gin, cotton became more and more wanted which made the need of slaves raise.
