Which of these statements accurately explains why the common era begins with the birth of jesus of nazareth over 2,000 years ago? a. jesus instructed his christian followers to create a new calendar based on his birth and spread it to every country throughout the world. b. the period of time now described as the common era officially began with jesus's declaration that christians, muslims, and jews have many beliefs in common. c. the period of time now described as the common era is based on older christian periodization that divided time into a period before jesus's birth and a period afterward. d. jesus developed a system of measuring time that could be used to more accurately track the passage of time than any other culture's calendar.

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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they became hereditary because there weren't many jobs for people in lower classes

they had a lot of depression during the revolutionary war