akhp77 wrote:scorpionz wrote:IMO : C
OA Plz??
Explanation Please
Old Evidence - Internal social upheaval caused collapse of Egypt's old kingdom
New Evidence - Environmental conditions caused the collapse.
However the two are not mutually exclusive. The evidence states that the global cooling resulted in a drought. The last line is the key. It states that undoubtedly there were serious social problems but these resulted from the drought. Hence the new evidence chain would look something like this..
New Evidence - Environmental conditions caused drought. Drought caused social problems. Social problems led to collapse.
Since we are looking to strengthen the argument, the new evidence being presented must supplement the environmental cause and the line of reasoning above. Out of the options
A- Does not address the environmental factors
B- Refers to only the social causes which are anyway accepted and are not being disputed
C- If other well-established civilizations around Egypt also underwent a similar decline, factors which were not internal to Egypt alone must be at play. The second line in the evidence states that it was a period of "global cooling" and hence this could be a valid factor. This option clearly strengthens the environmental aspect of the problem.
D- Again, refers only to social causes
E- Irrelevant to strengthening the argument.
Hope the above explanation is clear!!
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