Question

Select the correct answer.

Read the passage, and then answer the question.

The king’s blacksmith wants to hire and train a few men in his profession. The blacksmith does not have enough skilled employees who know how to work with a newly discovered metal called iron. He has received a new order from the king for weapons made of iron because it is strong, yet lighter than bronze. But he is finding it difficult to complete the order without enough workers who are familiar with this new metal.

Based on the passage, which ancient civilization does the blacksmith belong to?

A.
Babylonian
B.
Assyrian
C.
Sumerian
D.
Hittite

Answer 1

The correct answer to the question: Based on the passage, which ancient civilization does the blacksmith belong to, would be: Hittite.

Step-by-step explanation:

Erroneously, people tend to believe that it was the Chinese who first had the necessary technologica advancement to craft anything from iron. However, historical and arqueological evidence shows that in fact, it was the Hittite people, around the 14th century BC, who first entered into the Iron Age, and it was they who seem to have first developed the necessary technology to convert iron ore into pure iron, and craft weapons with it.

Answer 2

c the sumerians is the answer