QUESTION TYPE: Strengthen
CONCLUSION: The collapse of Egypt’s old kingdom was caused by environmental trouble and not social strife.
REASONING: Global cooling caused an extended drought, which would explain both the social strife and the collapse of Egyptian society.
ANALYSIS: We can strengthen this either by confirming that serious drought occurred, or by minimizing the damage that would result from social strife.
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- This doesn’t tell us much, because most can be as low as 51%. Further, by blaming internal causes, it weakens the argument slightly.
- This weakens the argument; we’re trying to show the collapse was caused by environmental catastrophe.
- CORRECT. This indicates that other nearby kingdoms fell to a common cause. Therefore it was likely something such as drought, rather than social unrest. Social troubles tend to be unique to each country.
- Why were conditions deteriorating? Was it the environment, or social strife?
- We want to know why the collapse happened. What happened afterwards is irrelevant.
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