Tens of Thousands of Sumerian Clay Tablets Have Survived

question 55

Multiple Choice

Tens of thousands of Sumerian clay tablets have survived,

• A)but unfortunately the key to the language has not.
• B)documenting the United Sumerian empire,which lasted from 2900 to 2500 b.c.e.
• C)telling us more about Sumer than we know about any other human society at the time.
• D)probably because the Sumerians kept them in special underground archives.
• E)but all deal with priestly class and reveal nothing about Sumerian society.

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