Which of the following statements is not true?
A) The years from 1450 to about 1300 B.C. mark a period of peace among the powers of Egypt and Mesopotamia.
B) The Amarna Archives was written in Sumerian cuneiform and was a formal treaty among states.
C) War was unlikely because of the equality of power among the leading states.
D) The era was marked by a period of dynastic marriages, commerce, and alliances.
E) Kings addressed each other as equals.
Ans: B
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