How can the area along the Euphrates River where agriculture was first discovered and developed around 7600 B.C.E. best be described?
a. a desert lacking natural irrigation
b. much wetter and more fertile than it is today
c. uninhabitable because of its extremely hot temperatures
d. mostly desert with a few patches of arable soil
e. convenient for plant cultivation but not for herding
b
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A. Trout B. Bluefish C. Swordfish D. Salmon
Despite the Treaty of Paris, Britain continued to occupy forts in
A) the South. B) the Old Northwest. C) the West. D) the mid-Atlantic region. E) New England.
Making use of the Silk Road in the early Empire, Rome traded considerably with
a. China for silk b. Arabia for coffee c. Persia for copper d. Russia for furs e. All of these.
What event turned Pakistan and India into bitter enemies in the 20th century?
a. Expulsion of Hindus from Bengal b. India's annexation of Kashmir c. the assassination of Gandhi d. the formation of the All-India Muslim League e. Pakistan sided with Japan during World War II