▶ Your Answer :
Ancient Egypt was a country which had not been interrupted and made
cultural achievement and political stability. However, between 2200 and 2000 BC,
Egypt started to grow weak, and finally collapsed. The reading passage informed
several causes that lead the Egypt Empire to collapse. While the professor
casts doubt at the reading and finds out several flaws in it.
The first
causes that reading mentioned was that the attitude of the regional governors
toward the pharaoh changed. They started to rise up to pharaoh. However, the
professor says this cannot be true. Egypt Empire thought pharaoh was very privileged
position, so every governor who had shown favorable attitude to pharaoh had a
lot of benefit .So; they had no reason to revolt against pharaoh. Moreover, Egypt
had a powerful army that could repress the rebellion very easily.
The second
causes that reading stated was that the severe decrease in rainfall toward the
end of the third millennium, and supports this idea by giving the historical
documents. However, the professor urges that these documents had been
misinterpreted. The decrease in rainfall had only happened in Eastern part of
Egypt but there was no climate change in the other part of Egypt.
The
last causes that reading urged was that the Pepi Ⅱ had stayed too long in is reign which lead the monarchy to turmoil.
However, not only Pepi Ⅱ but some
other kings had stayed in their reign as long as Pepi did. Plus, many fights
toward the position of pharaoh had been done but it was always finished in a
short period.
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