▶ Your Answer :
The reading passage contends that the collapse
of Maya Empire can be explained by three theories. On the other hand, the
lecturer objects to the points mentioned in the reading passage made about the
Mayan collapse.
First of all, the speaker argues that the
claim that the Maya Empire was disappeared by social turmoil of peasants who were
forced to perform physically demanding work to construct monuments and
buildings is wrong. Although Maya had recorded all of significant events, there
was not any were no record of the revolt of peasants. And as to the writer’s another
evidence that decline of the Maya Empire and destruction of some construction
happened in the similar period was also flawed. This is because the Maya Empire
was decentralized so that even if there was a violent uprising, not all of the Maya Empire
would not have had been eaffected by it.
Second, the lecturer points out that the
argument regarding the change of trade routes of the region is mistaken.
Professor says that even if it is true that the Teotihuacan, which was the major
trade routes, was destroyed, it was happened in the sixth century and it is totally
different with the era of decline of the Maya Empire which was in 12th
century. This goes against the writer’s view that decline of major city for
trade routes led to the end of Maya Empire.
Finally, the professor contends that the
opinion concerning an epidemic is wrong. As speaker says, there is no evidence
that the epidemic such as yellow fever and malaria destroyed the Mayan Empire. This
is because the disease was popular in a different time. So the Maya could not
have been exposed to them previously since they disappeared earlier than the
epidemic. This contradicts the author’s opinion that the Maya Empire collapsed
by a result of an epidemic.
As the evidence of it, some constructions
were destroyed when Maya Empire started to decline.
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예상점수: 27~30 총평: 글을 쉽게 직접적으로 잘쓰셨구 구성과 내용도 훌륭합니다. 문법적인 오류(시제와 effect와 affect의 차이등만 유의하시면 충분히 만점에 도전하실만한 글인것 같아요. 수고많으셨습니다.
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