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PARAGRAPH COMPLETION THEME 4
69. ---- Its history dates back to the 11 century
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BCE. It was founded by Aeolian Greeks. The
city grew as a commercial centre during the
Hellenistic period. Throughout the mediaeval
times, it was ruled by various empires until
becoming a part of modern Türkiye in the early
20 century. It was renamed ‘İzmir’ in 1930, and
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since then it has been a vital economic and
cultural centre of the country.
A) Alexander the Great was a king who extended
his empire from Greece to Egypt.
B) The Amazons were a legendary tribe of
warrior women in Greek mythology.
C) The Byzantine Empire was located in
modern-day Greece and Türkiye.
D) Smyrna was an ancient city that was located
on the Aegean coast of Anatolia.
E) The Lydian kingdom existed for a century and
a half in western Anatolia.
70. Ibn al-Haytham was a pioneering scholar of
the Islamic Golden Age. He was born in Iraq
in the 10 century. He made groundbreaking
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contributions to the fields of optics,
mathematics, and astronomy. His book, Kitab
al-Manazir, revolutionised the understanding
of light, vision, and the anatomy of the eye.
He emphasised the importance of scientific
evidence and critical inquiry. ----
A) In other words, Ibn al-Haytham is commonly
known as Alhazen in the Western world.
B) That’s why Muslim scholars made significant
contributions to science in history.
C) All in all, he was against observation and
made only theoretical claims in his inquiry.
D) However, he was influenced by scholars such
as Johannes Kepler and René Descartes.
E) That is, he laid the foundation for both modern
optics and the scientific method.
71. Over 3,200 years ago, the Mediterranean
and the Near East were home to Bronze Age
civilisations. The great empires of the day were
highly developed in technology and culture.
However, they faced a quick and almost total
collapse. It was not due to a single event or
disaster. ---- After that, the survivors suffered
from a centuries-long fall in culture and science
in the Dark Ages.
A) Iron replaced bronze and led to the start of a
new historical period.
B) The intense famine was the reason for the
downfall of some empires.
C) People made tools and weapons from the
newly discovered bronze metal.
D) Multiple factors, such as droughts or nomadic
invasions, contributed to it.
E) In the Late Bronze Age, some empires were
divided into small states.
72. ---- Due to their interactions with neighbouring
peoples through trade and conquest, the Hittites
borrowed words from several languages, such
as Akkadian, Hurrian, and Hattic. The addition
of these words enriched the Hittite vocabulary.
Now they reflect the cultural exchanges that
occurred in ancient Anatolia and the influences
that shaped the Hittite civilisation.
A) The Hittite language is notable for its generous
use of loanwords.
B) Loanwords are words that are taken from one
language and used in another.
C) Trading allowed the ancients to exchange
cultural practices and traditions.
D) Both Akkadian and Hurrian are ancient
languages that were spoken in Mesopotamia.
E) The Hittite language was characterised by its
rich system of verbal prefixes.
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