The urbanised south of Mesopotamia in early recorded history was called:
ASumer and Akkad
BAssyria and Nineveh
CBabylonia and Mari
DAratta and Susa
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Sumer and Akkad
1. After 2000 BCE the south was called Babylonia.
2. Earlier it was Sumer and Akkad.
3. The north became Assyria from about 1100 BCE.
_Source: syllabus Themes in World History, Theme 2, Writing and City Life._
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