Aside from the Invention of Writing, Perhaps the Greatest Advance

question 20

Multiple Choice

Aside from the invention of writing, perhaps the greatest advance made by the early Mesopotamians was in

• A) drainage and irrigation.
• B) poetry and art.
• C) law and government.
• D) mathematics and chronology.
• E) religion and art.

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Sounds that have a high pitch, typically those with a frequency of 2,000 Hz (Hertz) or higher, often beyond the range of human hearing as age increases.

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