Consider the Disappearance of One of the Ancient World's Important

question 27

Essay

Consider the disappearance of one of the ancient world's important states, particularly one with architectural centers. How does this society's disruption, disappearance, or transformation offer support for or evidence against Jared Diamond's model of environmental degradation to explain the society's "collapse"?

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Definitions:

Sporangia

Structures in fungi, algae, and plants where spores are formed and stored, playing a key role in reproduction and dispersal.

Sporophyte

The diploid multicellular stage in the life cycle of plants and algae, which produces spores through meiosis.

Mitosis

The stage of cellular reproduction in which nuclear division occurs; process in which a parent nucleus produces two daughter nuclei, each having the same number and kinds of chromosomes as the parent nucleus.

Psilotum

A genus of fern-like plants belonging to the whisk fern family (Psilotaceae), known for lacking true roots and leaves.