According to tradition, Abraham led his people out of their Mesopotamian homeland to Canaan to
a. escape the warlike Akkadians and increasingly powerful Babylonians.
b. to locate more fertile farmland and escape the desert.
c. to escape Hammurabi’s harsh laws.
d. to found a new religion.
Answer: a
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