Around 4300 BCE, some mountain people in the Mesopotamian region had mastered the crafts of mining and smelting ____________, launching what scholars call the “Chalcolithic” Age.
a. Copper.
b. Iron.
c. Golden.
d. Bronze.
a. Copper.
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a. The greatest period of economic recovery in the history of civilization b. A period of moral decline c. An era of tremendous graft and corruption in Italian government d. A continuation of the culture of the High Middle Ages e. A distinct break from the Middle Ages and the true birth of the modern world
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a. unity with Brahman b. rebirth into a higher caste c. rebirth into a lower caste d. unity with Buddha e. end of suffering through eternal peace
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A) The twelfth century B.C. B) The ninth century B.C. C) The sixth century B.C. D) The fifth century B.C. E) The thirteenth century B.C.
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A) As children, they experienced boom times; as young adults, they lived through hard times. B) As children, they lived through hard times; as young adults, they experienced boom times. C) As children, they witnessed the rise of cities; as young adults, they saw the decline of cities. D) As children, they witnessed the rise of cars; as young adults, they saw cars replaced by mass transit. E) As children, they lived through war; as young adults their country was at peace for decades.