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Cuneiform was rediscovered in the early 1600s through which inscriptions?Read the answer and worked solution →Which region was the Indus Valley Civilisation located in?Read the answer and worked solution →Which system did Indus Valley cities develop for water and waste?Read the answer and worked solution →Roughly how much did one unit of the Indus chert weight system weigh?Read the answer and worked solution →Dholavira, an Indus city, is in which Indian state?Read the answer and worked solution →Which civilisation along the Nile was roughly contemporary with the Indus?Read the answer and worked solution →The mature form of the Indus civilisation lasted from which years?Read the answer and worked solution →Which seal shows a person sitting cross-legged in a yoga-like pose?Read the answer and worked solution →What material were most Indus seals made of?Read the answer and worked solution →How long did the Stone Age roughly last?Read the answer and worked solution →What share of human history does the Stone Age cover?Read the answer and worked solution →In the three-age system, which age follows the Bronze Age?Read the answer and worked solution →What do most Mesolithic rock paintings in the Iberian Mediterranean Basin show?Read the answer and worked solution →About how long ago did the Ghaggar-Hakra river system become seasonal?Read the answer and worked solution →Which epoch did the Paleolithic overlap with?Read the answer and worked solution →About 50,000 years ago, which items first appeared in Africa's archaeological record?Read the answer and worked solution →What did Paleolithic humans begin to produce in the Middle or Upper Paleolithic?Read the answer and worked solution →Where were the more permanent Mesolithic settlements found?Read the answer and worked solution →What spread into Europe and pushed out the Mesolithic way of life?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Tamil Nadu site has Palaeolithic tools dated to about 1.5 to 1.7 million years ago?Read the answer and worked solution →The Palaeolithic site of Isampur in Karnataka is dated to about how long ago?Read the answer and worked solution →Which early human ancestor was the first hominin to exit Africa?Read the answer and worked solution →Around when did our own species, Homo sapiens, first evolve in Africa?Read the answer and worked solution →Roughly how long ago did a human ancestor make the earliest known stone tools?Read the answer and worked solution →In the word australopithecines, what does australis mean?Read the answer and worked solution →The Quaternary Period, during which humans adapted culturally, covers about how long?Read the answer and worked solution →What share of human history lies before the invention of writing?Read the answer and worked solution →On what material did Sumerian scribes press cuneiform marks with reeds?Read the answer and worked solution →Who finally deciphered the Egyptian hieroglyphic script in 1822?Read the answer and worked solution →Which known language on the Rosetta Stone let scholars read the Egyptian script?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Cuneiform was rediscovered in the early 1600s through which inscriptions?

  1. Ashoka pillar edicts
  2. Harappan seals found
  3. Egyptian pyramid walls
  4. Persepolis inscriptions
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Correct answer: D. Persepolis inscriptions

Publication of the trilingual royal inscriptions from Persepolis brought cuneiform back into view in the early 17th century.

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Which region was the Indus Valley Civilisation located in?

  1. Mesoamerican river valleys
  2. Eastern China plains
  3. Central African highlands
  4. Northwestern South Asia
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Correct answer: D. Northwestern South Asia

The Indus Valley Civilisation was a Bronze Age culture in northwestern South Asia.

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Which system did Indus Valley cities develop for water and waste?

  1. Drainage and sewerage systems
  2. Iron pipeline networks
  3. Steam-powered water pumps
  4. Underground railway tunnels
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Correct answer: A. Drainage and sewerage systems

Cities had planned drains and sewers that archaeologists judge advanced for their time.

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