What Do Historians Mean When They Describe Assyria as a "Polyglot

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Multiple Choice

What do historians mean when they describe Assyria as a "polyglot society"?

• A)That Assyria was ethnically diverse and differences were regarded as unimportant
• B)That Assyrian society and culture were built around the idea of racial purity
• C)That Assyrian society was not hierarchical and had little economic inequality
• D)That Assyrians were hostile to ideas and customs they viewed as "foreign"
• E)That the Assyrians did not have a language of their own

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Definitions:

Dominant Social Paradigm

The capitalist view supported by an ideology that legitimates the domination of nature for the material benefit of humans.

Capitalism

An economic system characterized by private or corporate ownership of capital goods, by investments that are determined by private decision, and by prices, production, and the distribution of goods that are determined mainly by competition in a free market.

Species Diversity

The number of species that exist in an ecosystem.

Geographic Area

A specific portion of the Earth's surface defined by natural or artificial boundaries.