What Do Archaeologists Suggest May Have Contributed to the Decline

question 8

Multiple Choice

What do archaeologists suggest may have contributed to the decline of the earliest city-states in Mesopotamia, present-day southern Iraq, and southwestern Iran?

• A) overpopulation
• B) drought
• C) salinization
• D) flooding

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