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Assignment: Essay - Exploring Ancient Mysteries
Choose one of the topics below and develop a three to four paragraph essay which adequately address the topic you have chosen.
Topic Choices
- There have been many theories regarding how the pyramids at Giza were constructed. Most experts agree that they were constructed as burial monuments for pharaohs, but "how" these ancient people constructed monuments of such great size without modern machinery is a mystery which is still being debated.
- No one can say for certain what happened to the great urban Mayan civilization, but theories abound and include varied possible alternatives to explain the relatively abrupt and mysterious disappearance of the Mayan civilization.
- Tutankhamen died young, at approximately eighteen (18) years of age. However, his cause of death has been the subject of quite varied scholarly theories and conclusions. Did he die of an injury, of illness, of murder, or something else?.
- Minoan Crete was a major civilization in its time, but several theories have been advanced to explain its demise, including speculations associating it with mythical Atlantis. What were the causes of Minoan Civilization's decline?
- Great Zimbabwe is an enormous complex of structures in East Africa. Since the builders and occupants left no written records, several theories have developed as to the identity of its builders and the functions of the structures. Which theory makes the most sense?
- The monumental size and complexity of the Tomb of Shihuangdi is astounding, yet its location and construction details were to be kept secret.
- What was the emperor's purpose for such an elaborate, secret burial place?
- Other topic choice recommended and approved by the professor and supported by the grading rubric.
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