An at least 150, state your opinion on which system of governance you believe to be the best and why

the most effective form of government we have found so far (big caveat here) is a democratic system (republic or monarchy) with three separate branches (executive, legislative and judiciary), based on a market economy with liberal policies (as little interference from the state into the market as possible). sprinkle the required checks and balances between the branches, a good legal system (prefer common law rather than civil), appropriate voting systems (prefer indirect voting for the highest executive office) and strong state focus on its essential tasks (public security, defense, justice and basic education and health services). make sure you have a solid criminal justice system and that any breaches of the law have a high probability of being punished.

these are the basics. you can control some or most of these things. what you cannot control, and that makes the biggest variable, is the country's culture. everything will hinge on that

7. which was not an important advance made by the maya:

-deviced and accurate map of the world.

8. what was justinian code:

-a single, consistent set of laws for the byzantine empire.

9. which describes what theodora achieved as justinian´s most trusted adviser:

-getting laws passed to give married women more rights and to protect divorced women.

10. what caused the christian church to divide into two branches- the eastern orthodox church and the catholic church:                                             -differences in language, liturgy, and views on religious icons.

11. what was a result of the work done by the monks cyril and methodius:       - orthodox christianity spread to slavic cultures.

12. which is true about byzantine culture:

-it was a blend of greco-roman and persian culture.

13. which was not a major accomplishment of byzantine culture:

-the reconstruction of moscow

14. which group invaded the slavic homeland beginning in the ninth century:

-varangians

15. what did vladimir, prince of kiev, do in 988 to unify his people:       - he converted to orthodox christianity

16. what is the name of the book in which muhammad ´s words and teaching were collected:

-quran

17. what is the hajj:

-the pilgrimage to mecca that all muslims must undertake if possible

18. which accurately describes islamic belief:

-muhammad is god´s only prophet.

19. what happened to islam after the death of muhammad:

-it was practiced by only few people in small parts of the world

20. which region shows the extent of islamic territory 100 years after muhhamed´s death:

-egypt, mesopotamia, persia.(b)

21. which led to the division between sunni and shia following the death of muhammed:

-conflict over who should be the caliph

22. the muslims achieved many spectacular advances, which was not one of them:

-they created the justinian´s code.

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i also see that they are way better humans.