Historians label Mesopotamia as a patriarchal society because ______________________.

Monogamy was valued

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Women worked outside the home

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Women were almost always subject to the will of men

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Women were allowed to divorce in some circumstances

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Polygamy was practiced

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The correct option is A Monogamy was valued
Monogamy is the act of getting married to one person at a time. According to a law in "the code of Hammurabi", a Babylonian code of law of ancient Mesopotamia, if a man's wife is caught cheating on her husband, the husband is allowed to tie her and throw her into the water.

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