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What is the correct chronological order of four civilisations of Mesopotamia


• Sumerian period is about 4000 B.C.


• The Assyrian period was in the 25th and 24th centuries BC. The Sumerian-speaking peoples of Mesopotamia under the Akkadian Empire, lasted from c. 2334 BC to 2154 BC.


• The Akkadian period lasted 200 years from 2300 BC to 2100 BC


• The Babylonian period is about from 2000-1600 BC.

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(i) The oldest civilisation in Mesopotamia belonged to the Akkadians.


(ii) The Chinese developed the Hieroglyphic system.


(iii) The Euphrates and Tigris drain into the Mannar Gulf.


(iv) Hammurabi, the king of Babylon was a great law maker.


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(i) Yangtze River is known as Sorrow of China.


(ii) Wu-Ti constructed the Great Wall of China.


(iii) Chinese invented gun powder.


(iv) According to traditions Mencius was the founder of Taoism.


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Assertion (A): Assyrians of Mesopotamian civilisation were contemporaries of Indus civilisation.


Reason(R): The Documents of an Assyrian ruler refer to the ships from Meluha


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______________ is a massive lime stone image of a lion with a human head.