Before the code of hammurabi was written on a stone pillar for all to see, laws were held in peoples’ memories and transmitted orally. why would a written legal code be an improvement over an oral set of laws?

1point which enlightenment idea is reflected in the declaration of independence? a. the king's refusal to answer colonists' protests was a violation of the social contract. o b. appointing royal representatives in the colonies violated popular sovereignty. c. an unelected monarch was above the rule of law. d. forcing people to serve as soldiers in the colonies violated their natural rights. submit

Igor stravinksy’s ballet, the rite of spring, featured clashing music, harsh sounds and deliberately ugly dancing. upon its premier, theater goers literally rioted in the seats of the venue. historians argue this moment is a “breaking point” where europe proves it is destined to be plunged into world war i. why would historians make such a claim? a people were genuinely angry that someone so bad at composing could make a ballet b the ballet represents colonialism. it showed the consequences of centuries of exploitation of non-european people. c the ballet represents the changing ideologies of modernity. the youth of europe breaking all the old rules and the old guard clinging on to the last bits of power d the ballet represents war itself. it drudged up old rivalries between the french and german peoples, inciting the lust for combat.

Jackson pollock described his art style in the following quote: “new needs need new techniques.… it seems to me that the modern painter cannot express this age, the airplane, the atom bomb, the radio, in the old forms of the renaissance or of any other past culture. each age finds its own technique.” what point is pollock making about the new styles of art?