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Answer the following about the Dilmun civilization, for 10 points each.
[10e] Dilmun was involved in the early trade of this good, which also propped up Bahrain’s former capital of Muḥarraq. The Dahlak Archipelago was also famed for this precious good obtained from mollusks.
ANSWER: pearls
[10m] Description acceptable. Geoffrey Bibby’s memoir Digging for Dilmun recounts finding artifacts with writing in this script on Failaka Island. This script often appears alongside unicorns on objects from “Meluhha.”
ANSWER: Indus script [or Harappan script; or Indus Valley script; accept descriptions of writing used by the Indus Valley Civilization]
[10h] Other artifacts from Dilmun suggest that it was once conquered by kings from this dynasty founded by Iluma-ilu. This speculative dynasty is thought to have ruled a state around the Shatt al-‘Arab sometime in the middle of the second millennium BCE.
ANSWER: First Sealand Dynasty
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TeamOpponentPart 1Part 2Part 3TotalParts
British ColumbiaColumbia A100010E
Columbia BGeorgia Tech1001020EH
Illinois APenn State1010020EM
IndianaWUSTL A1010020EM
Iowa StateCornell B1010020EM
Johns HopkinsUC Berkeley B100010E
LSECornell A100010E
MITFlorida100010E
MarylandNorth Carolina A100010E
NorthwesternOhio State100010E
RITChicago B100010E
RutgersNYU100010E
Toronto AUC Berkeley A1010020EM
Toronto BMinnesota10101030EMH
VirginiaToronto C0000
Virginia TechGeorgia State100010E
WUSTL BChicago A100010E
Waterloo AHarvard1010020EM
Waterloo BTexas10101030EMH
YaleIllinois B100010E

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TournamentExact Match?HeardPPBEasy %Medium %Hard %
2025 ACF NationalsYes2014.5095%35%15%