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CLEP Western Civ I

Category - Ancient Near East

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The land once known as Persia is primarily located in this present-day country:

Saudi Arabia
Turkey
Syria
Iran
Iraq

Explanation

Answer: D - The land once known as Persia is primarily located in present-day Iran. Much of former Mesopotamia (and its sub-civilizations like Sumer and Babylonia) is located in nearby Iraq, which was what facilitated the growth of the Achaemenid (or Persian) Empire in the fifth century BCE under Cyrus the Great.

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