I would choose B because people did think this was a plague brought on by god. At the the same time D would be the next likeliest answer as workers would demand more for the labor they were doing.
Answer: A. Incarceration
Explanation:
Babylonian law stemmed from Hammurabi's code which was one of the earliest legal codes in the history of mankind and abided by the rule of an eye for an eye.
The death penalty, monetary fines and physical mutilation were part of the code. For instance, if a person was caught robbing someone, they were handed the death penalty. If someone stole livestock from a free person they were handed a monetary fine in that they had to pay back the value of the livestock tenfold.
Physical mutilation was perhaps the most popular in the code because it literally enforced the eye for an eye rule because if for instance, a person's actions leads to another losing an eye, they will have to lose their eye as well.
Incarceration was not a major part of the code.
Since the Asians prided themselves on being self sufficient, the Europeans didn't have anything to trade with them. However, they wanted Asian goods, because they didn't know how to produce things like silk and tea in Europe. Therefore, they went off to explore the Americas to find new products. Obviously, the Asians didn't have American goods yet, so the Europeans wanted to go over there and get them so that way they would have something the Asians desired. One of the biggest discoveries in America were the silver mines, such as Potosi. China especially put a high value on silver, since they used it for their coins. Once the Europeans acquired this silver, China was willing to trade with them.
