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When do historians believe that the use of slavery started

1. 1200 bc in the Roman Empire
2.618 Ad in china
3.6800 bc in Mesopotamia
4. 3500 bc in Babylonia

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Answer: D) 3500 bc

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Slavery operated in the first civilizations (such as Sumer in Mesopotamia, which dates back as far as 3500 BCE). Slavery features in the Mesopotamian Code of Hammurabi (c. 1750 BCE), which refers to it as an established institution.

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