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Around the 4th millennium BC, trade records outgrew memory in which region?Read the answer and worked solution →Which two ancient literatures are regarded as the world's oldest?Read the answer and worked solution →How was Homer's epic poetry largely composed and passed on?Read the answer and worked solution →Roman literature began in 240 BC when audiences saw a Latin version of what?Read the answer and worked solution →What is the English title of the ancient Chinese classic Shijing?Read the answer and worked solution →Sun Tzu's The Art of War is a Chinese work on which subject?Read the answer and worked solution →China is the origin of which pair of printing-related inventions?Read the answer and worked solution →In the late 15th century, what did the English word novel mean?Read the answer and worked solution →What is a novel-length story told in poetry rather than prose called?Read the answer and worked solution →Which poetic device repeats the same starting consonant sound in nearby words?Read the answer and worked solution →What is the smallest sound unit that can change a word's meaning?Read the answer and worked solution →In unexpected, the parts un-, expect and -ed are called what?Read the answer and worked solution →A meaningful part added before a root word, as un- in unhappy, is a what?Read the answer and worked solution →A part added after a root, as -ful in helpful, is called what?Read the answer and worked solution →Rules of word order that make a sentence valid are called what?Read the answer and worked solution →What is the study of meaning in words, phrases and texts called?Read the answer and worked solution →A language's full set of signs tied to meanings is called its what?Read the answer and worked solution →In grammar, words such as dog and song are classed as what?Read the answer and worked solution →Which word class does an exclamation like wow belong to?Read the answer and worked solution →Which word class, like and, joins two sentences?Read the answer and worked solution →Which language family has the most speakers, about 46 percent of humanity?Read the answer and worked solution →Swahili, Shona and Yoruba belong to which African language family?Read the answer and worked solution →Malagasy, Maori and Samoan belong to which language family?Read the answer and worked solution →A language not shown to be related to any other is called what?Read the answer and worked solution →A group of languages descended from one common ancestor is a what?Read the answer and worked solution →A language that uses gestures instead of sounds is called what?Read the answer and worked solution →Latin marks subject and object by word endings; English mainly uses what?Read the answer and worked solution →No natural link ties the sound of dog to the animal. Which property is this?Read the answer and worked solution →Which name is also given to the ancient Maithili script?Read the answer and worked solution →The Malayalam calendar began in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Around the 4th millennium BC, trade records outgrew memory in which region?

  1. Mesopotamia
  2. Australia
  3. Iceland
  4. Ancient Rome
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Correct answer: A. Mesopotamia

In Mesopotamia trade and administration became too complex to remember, so writing became the reliable record.

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Which two ancient literatures are regarded as the world's oldest?

  1. Greek and Roman
  2. Hebrew and Latin
  3. Chinese and Arabic
  4. Egyptian and Sumerian
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Correct answer: D. Egyptian and Sumerian

Egyptian literature, along with Sumerian, is considered the oldest in the world.

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How was Homer's epic poetry largely composed and passed on?

  1. Through newspapers
  2. Through digital media
  3. Through printed books
  4. Through spoken performance
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Correct answer: D. Through spoken performance

Homer's epics were largely composed, performed and transmitted orally before they were written.

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