Question

Assertion [A]: Hammurabi was responsible for the unification of the whole of Mesopotamia.

Reason [R]: The entire Mesopotamian region is now spread across present-day Iraq, Kuwait, Turkey, and Syria.

• A. [A] is true but [R] is false.
• B. [A] and [R] are false.
• C. [A] and [R] are true but [R] is the not the correct justification for [A].
• D. [A] and [R] are true and [R] is the correct justification for [A].

Answer 1

The correct option is C [A] and [R] are true but [R] is the not the correct justification for [A].

Hammurabi was responsible for the unification of the whole of Mesopotamia. He is said to have blended together the cultures of the Babylonians, Sumerians, and the Akkadians. The Mesopotamian region is spread across present-day Iraq, Kuwait, Turkey, and Syria.