The Muckrakers were a group of journalists, who would 'rake up the muck' of the slums of america, or other areas, and try to expose it. An example of a muckraker is "The Jungle" by Upton Sinclair Jr, where the meat packaging industry is revealed to be extremely unsanitary and lurid.
I would say that the correct option is D Barons. This is because they were nobles who were taxed by King John in order to use the money for the war with France. As a consequence of this war, he was forced to sign the Magna Carta.
As regards Farmers and Peasants, they were not taxed because they lacked resources and money. And the Parliament did not exist at this point in history.
Number 1, The Treaty of Versailles, due to the fact it severely limited the German military, and made Germany pay large war reparations which destroyed the German economy.
Hannibal occupied much of Italy for 15 years, but was unable to march on Rome. An enemy counter-invasion of North Africa forced him to return to Carthage, where he was decisively defeated by Scipio Africanus at the Battle of Zama. After the war, Hannibal successfully ran for the office of sufet.
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