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to have been unique among their contemporaries, with the exception of the heroes of
the Homeric legends. Homer's great epic poem, the Iliad, is set in and around the
ancient city of Troy, which is at the western edge of the lands controlled by the
Hittites at the height of their power. It is certainly possible, therefore, that the custom
of cremation was passed on by the Hittite civilisation to the early Greeks.
145- According to the passage, the Hittites' custom of cremation ...................... .
A) was written about by the Greek writer. Homer
B) was not practised by any other known civilisation at that time
C) was the most important ritual in their lives
D) came into being more than 4,000 years ago
E) was something they learnt from earlier civilisations
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