Are the statements about the effects of railroads in the late 1800s true or false? The expansion of railways lowered the cost of shipping goods.

Railroad mileage increased in the West, reducing the effects of settlement on American Indians.

The building of the railroads changed the environment of the West.

The Transcontinental Railroad was completed before the Civil War ended.

when we think of a­ncient paga­n kings, the ideas of justice and fairness probably aren't the first things to come to mind. we moderns may be more likely to imagine fickle, power-hungry despots who were ready to put someone to death on a whim. but king hammurabi, who ruled a prosperous and thriving babyloniaalmost four millennia ago, doesn't quite fit that mold. he claimed to have protect the weak from oppression, and scholars believe he fostered an atmosphere of justice and righteousness for his people.

this belief is based on an object that was discovered only a century ago. it has already earned a place alongside the rosetta stone as one of the most important artifacts of the ancient world. this stela (stone pillar) bears the inscription of the code of hammurabi, and it has shed light on the laws, culture and life in babylonia.

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rome's central location made it a center for trade through out the mediterain.

rome's lack of natural resouces encourgaged expansion and rome's geography priotected the city from invasion.