The Nile Delta of Egypt was invaded and ruled from 1650 to 1550 B.C. by a people called the Hyksos. Their origin is uncertain, but archaeologists hypothesize that they were Canaanites. In support of this hypothesis, the archaeologists point out that excavations of Avaris, the Hyksos capital in Egypt, have uncovered large numbers of artifacts virtually identical to artifacts produced in Ashkelon, a major city of Canaan at the time of the Hyksos invasion.
In order to evaluate the force of the archaeologists' evidence,it would be most useful to determine which of the following?
The Nile Delta of Egypt was invaded and ruled from 1650 to 1550 B.C. by a people called the Hyksos. Their origin is uncertain, but archaeologists hypothesize that they were Canaanites. In support of this hypothesis, the archaeologists point out that excavations of Avaris, the Hyksos capital in Egypt, have uncovered large numbers of artifacts virtually identical to artifacts produced in Ashkelon, a major city of Canaan at the time of the Hyksos invasion.
In order to evaluate the force of the archaeologists’ evidence, it would be most useful to determine which of the following?
A. Whether there were some artifacts found at Avaris that were unlike those produced in Ashkelon but that date to before 1700 B.C.
B. Whether the Hyksos ruled any other part of Egypt besides the Delta in the period from 1650 to 1550 B.C.
C. Whether Avaris was the nearest Hyksos city in Egypt to Canaan
D. Whether Ashkelon after 1550 B.C. continued to produce artifacts similar to those found at Avaris
E. Whether many of the artifacts found at Avaris that are similar to artifacts produced in Ashkelon date to well before the Hyksos invasion(正解)
E说, many of the artifacts found at Avaris 和 H侵略Ashkelon之前的artifacts 是不是相似的,你想啊,如果回答yes,那么就说明那些artifacts是之前就被带过去的,不是H带过去的,那么不就削弱了他是C人的结论吗? 相反地,如果回答no,那么这些unearthed artifacts就是和 H侵略Ashkelon之后的artifacts相似了,这就可以说明这些artifacts可能是H带过去的,那么就加强了他是C人的结论了。。 不知你看不看得懂? 其他选项错误比较明显吧!
What if these Canaanite artifacts were present in Egypt long before Hyksos invaded and ruled Egypt. it means Hyksos did not bring them and hence our evidence fails. Hyksos may not have been Canaanites. If these artifacts are in fact dated to 1650 BC and later, it strengthens our evidence that Hyksos were Canaanites.