Which of the following best describes thw course of the mississippi river? a. crossing the most of the northern plains, this river flow across the rocky mountaines to dump ranges into the gulf of california. b. arising in the northern plains, this river flows through states between the appalachian and rocky mountain ranges and dumps into the gulf of mexico. c. crossing areas in over seven states, this river carves it's way across the western plains into northwestern mexico and the gulf beyond. d. arising in central florida, this river is one of two navigated and heavily traveled rivers in the world that flow north

in his book, the riddle of the rosetta stone, james giblin talks about how there was a young british polymath and physician named thomas young who made a lot of advances on the deciphering of the rosetta stone. he says that even though young made a lot of mistakes because he was working under false assumptions, he also made huge contributions like deciphering three out of the seven symbols (more than anyone else before him). young published his findings and continued his good work but he wasn't able to progress much further due to some unfavorable situations, he still laid the basis for many other scholars and of course for the man who has been generally known to have deciphered it, jean-françois champollion