The Nearly Simultaneous Collapse of Egypt and Mesopotamia Around 2200

question 41

True/False

The nearly simultaneous collapse of Egypt and Mesopotamia around 2200 BCE was likely caused by bad rulers and the decline of long-distance trade.

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Definitions:

Cerebral Cortex

The cerebral cortex is the outer layer of the cerebrum in the brain, playing a key role in memory, attention, perception, cognition, awareness, thought, language, and consciousness.

Experience-Dependent

Development of neural connections that is initiated in response to experience.

Experience-Expectant

Processes of brain development that seem to anticipate experiences that are universal in all normally developing members of our species.

Plasticity

The capacity of the brain to adapt or change in response to experiences or learning, including the formation of new neural connections.