Why were so many of the 282 laws about farming and irrigation?

They wanted things done a certain way.

Explanation:

When you imagine something in your head you think of it and when it actually happens you want it to be just like you imagined it. In order to have it just the way that you want it you have to have rules so that it would stay just as you wanted it. If something were messed up or done wrong while farming that could cause a time where they go with out and there could be hard time where some people go without food if even one little thing is done wrong.

your answer will most likely be a.

superior technology and improved medical knowledge to foster imperialism. quinine enabled europeans

to survive tropical diseases and venture into the mosquito-infested interiors of africa and asia. the combination

of the steamboat and the telegraph enabled the western powers to increase their mobility and to quickly respond

to any situations that threatened their dominance. the rapid-fire machine gun also gave them a military advantage

and was in convincing africans and asians to accept western control. the following table summarizes the

causes of the new imperialism:

causes of new imperialism

economic military/political humanitarian/religious technological

need for markets need for military bases white man’s burden new medicine

raw materials national security spread of christianity new weapons

source of investments source of

pride—nationalism

social darwinism

(superiority of western

society)

transportation

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