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In the early emergence of the merchant class, the clergy was vehemently opposed to merchant activities such as banking and trading. The clergy convinced the community that these activities were evil and against God’s will. As such, people would blame the merchants for natural catastrophes including disease, floods or famine as a punishment to the community from God.
B. Traditional Aborigine societies formed agricultural settlements.
The other options hold true:
There is strong DNA proof that the Australian Aborigine are (at least) one of the oldest surviving cultures on Earth.
Aborigines believe that the land owns them, and not the other way around.
The Aborigine are spread across Australia.
The detonation of atomic bombs over Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945 resulted in horrific casualties. The long-term effects of radiation exposure also increased cancer rates in the survivors. ... The long-term effects of radiation exposure also increased cancer rates in the survivors.
