Why did aunt clara give lennie a rubber mouse?

What was new about the writing system developed by the phoenicians, and why was this important to the growth of knowledge and spread of ideas?

Ive been stuck on this question! which of the following statements about the economic consequences of the civil war is not accurate. a. inflation caused prices to rise by 80% in the north. b. because southern farms could not produce enough food for everyone in the south, the union navy allowed food shipments from britain. c. to pay for all of the food, supplies and armaments that were necessary for the union army, congress instituted an income tax. d. business bloomed in the north as factories and farms always had a market for the products.

One of the norms in the village was to meet at the town square on fridays for a community dinner and dance. the underlined word in the sentence above is best defined as a