All of the following are true of Ugarit except that
A) it had only one language.
B) it was a thriving Mediterranean port.
C) its cosmopolitanism made it distinctive among western Asian city-states.
D) as a trading center, it linked ships coming from Cyprus or the Anatolian ports with land caravans heading to Babylonia.
E) it played an important role in the spread of the alphabet.
Ans: A
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