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Passage A
The great pyramids of Egypt stand as testaments to the staggering scale of forced labor. As the ancient Greek historian Herodotus accurately recorded, these monumental structures were built by a massive workforce of slaves. The sheer physical effort required to move such massive stones could only have been extracted from an endless supply of enslaved workers driven by the fear of their tyrannical pharaohs.

Passage B
Modern archaeological discoveries have fundamentally overturned the traditional view of pyramid construction. Excavations of workers' villages near the Giza plateau reveal that the builders were actually respected, well-compensated laborers, not slaves. Analysis of human remains shows they received excellent medical care, and records indicate they were provided with high-quality rations. Such treatment proves they were a skilled workforce, rather than an expendable slave class.

Which of the following represents a point of disagreement between the authors of the two passages?

  1. Whether the workforce that constructed the pyramids was composed of enslaved people.Cevap
  2. B
    Whether the construction of the great pyramids required a massive amount of physical labor.
  3. C
    Whether the laborers were provided with high-quality food rations during the construction.
  4. D
    Whether the pyramids represent the greatest architectural achievements ever produced by human labor.
  5. E
    Whether modern archaeologists uniformly dismiss all accounts written by ancient Greek historians.

Cevap

The correct answer is the option stating that the authors disagree on whether the workforce that constructed the pyramids was composed of enslaved people.
The correct answer directly identifies the central conflict between the two texts. Passage A bases its argument on the premise that the pyramids were constructed by a 'workforce of slaves.' In direct opposition, Passage B asserts that the builders 'were actually respected, well-compensated laborers, not slaves.' This demonstrates a clear and explicit point of disagreement.

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1
Analyze Passage A to determine the author's primary stance on the builders of the pyramids.
Passage A explicitly argues that the pyramids were built by a massive workforce of slaves.
Understanding the first author's core argument is the first essential step in finding a point of disagreement.
2
Analyze Passage B to determine the author's primary stance on the builders of the pyramids.
Passage B explicitly argues that the builders were respected, well-compensated laborers, and strictly not slaves.
Comparing the second author's core argument against the first reveals areas of direct conflict.
3
Compare the stances to identify a direct contradiction.
Author A claims the workers were slaves; Author B claims they were not slaves.
A genuine point of disagreement requires one author to affirm a proposition that the other author definitively rejects.

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Identifying genuine, explicit points of contention across dual passages while avoiding points of agreement or issues only addressed by one author.
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