They created the earliest known writing system, know as cuniform.
The compromise of 1850 was a package of five separate bills passed by the united states congress in september 1850 which defused a four year political confrontation between slave and free states regarding the status of territories acquired during the mexican-american war
After having relative prosperity during the second half of the 20th century until the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991. Citizens from Russia experimented relative economic hardship during the rest of the 90s. The government led by Boris Yeltsin was not successful in the transition of the economic model from socialism to open market capitalism.
Then came Vladimir Putin at the beginning of the 21st century. Under his regime, the Russian economy experimented a sustained growth due to the rising prices of oil. Industries like production, construction, real estate, and financial services all grew.
As a consequence of the improvement of the economy, the middle class grew as well as their income. GDP per capita (the amount of money the average Russian gains over a year) sharply rose since the beginning of Putin's regime and is barely reaching $12000 in 2017.
However, the country still fails to score positively in regarding corruption levels and freedom of speech. As the government is constantly accused of suppressing political opposition.
This leads to describing the standard of living of the average Russian citizen as constantly improving in economic terms, but still lacking the guarantee of security and freedom of speech.
They were big headed because they thought they were the center of the earth...like everything was made around them when really they were just cut off from the rest of the earth
The correct answer is that it's opposite in meaning!( the correct answer is A).
B: the same in meaning - this would be a "synonym", not an antonym.
C: this would be a homonym: two words pronounced the same but with a different meaning.
