Both Sargon and Hammurabi were leaders of the Mesopotamia. According to legend, the mother of Sargon abandoned him in a basket in a river; as a man he worked in Kish, a Sumerian city-state, which he took over and later created an empire which he ruled for over fifty years. Similarly to Sargon´s accomplishments, Hammurabi also took over an important city, Larsa; he later took the whole of Mesopotamia; he is best known for his creation of a Law Code.
<span>The
Japanese government declined in the A.D. 800s because a number of weak
emperors came to the throne. Powerful nobles than began to gain control
of land. Nobles began collecting more taxes from the peasants working
the land. Nobles formed private armies. The shogun commanded the emperor's military
government. The mongols attacked Japan twice, but the attackers were
defeated because of violent pacific storms smashed many of their ships.</span>
Answer:
Explanation:
The meaning of democracy – from the Greek word – demokratia – is “rule by the people”. As a system of government, it is now almost universally commended. To describe a country, or a policy, as “undemocratic” is to criticise it and those countries that are undemocratic are continually urged towards reform.
Yet, democracy is a complex and contested notion. Moreover, until relatively recently, the idea of rule by the people was as much (if not more) feared as loved. The ancient Greek philosopher Plato, for example, related democracy to the rule of unbridled and untutored passions over cool and reflective reason. Invoking a now common image of the ship of state, Plato asks whether a real ship in stormy waters is sensibly governed by a trained captain who has knowledge of seamanship and navigation or by the crew who have no specialist training. This seems a good question, and although such views are no longer part of the currency of intellectual thought, democrats continue to worry about the role of civic education, for example, in moulding a population so that its members do not just rule, but rule by informed decision making.
Answer: They consolidated power by winning over the Chinese by ruling in a traditional Chinese style and building dams and the Grand Canal. Kublai Khan built these water projects.
Explanation:
