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2019-07-06 Places

481.

UNESCO's World Heritage Committee has listed which of the following as a World Heritage Site, recently?

Babylon

Nineveh

Mesopotamia

Baghdad

Answer: Option

Explanation:

UNESCO's World Heritage Committee has listed Iraq's Babylon as a World Heritage Site. Babylon is developed as a walled city of mudbrick temples and towers, constituting the Tower of Babel, and the Ishtar Gate. The city was the centre of the ancient Babylonian empire more than 4,000 years ago.