Between the eighth and eleventh centuries A. D., the Byzantine Empire

1.
A. Statement ‘a’ is somewhat similar to statement ‘e’ but the statement ‘a’ depicts the military, economic and cultural revival of Byzantine Empire unique which is never mentioned by the author in the passage. The author mentions in the last few lines of the passage that the commonly expected order of military revival followed by economic and then by cultural recovery was reversed in Byzantium but uniqueness is nowhere mentioned in the passage. Hence, a could not be the answer.
B. It is not mentioned in the passage that Rome under Augustus had the same pattern of military, economic and cultural revival as that of Byzantine Empire. The only thing mentioned in the passage about Rome under Augustus is that the military, economic and cultural revival of the empire went together or these were differentiated aspects of a single phenomenon.
C.Cultural expansion in Byzantine Empire started way before military and economic revival. Hence, statement ‘c’ is wrong.
D.The revival of Byzantine Empire is comprehensively discussed in the passage and it is clearly mentioned that economic and military expansion followed the cultural expansion in the state.
E.Statement ‘e’ best captures the central idea of the passage as things are rightly mentioned in this statement. Hence, ‘e’ is the answer.

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Q7 ) C vs D
i thought the common explanation was given to generalize the model. But certainly, it was not the case and the reverse occurred as mentioned in the 3rd paragraph.

Is Q7) asking the role of "the common explanation" ??

Hi,
I have one doubt in Q6
Line 48 says it begar even early than 810. Now we don't know how early. So how can we choose it over E which can be inferred from line 13 as well as 52.

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Can you please explain the correct choices in q- 3 nd q-6 ?

What is the level of this passage? under 600, 600-650 or 650+?

Both of these questions have been discussed thoroughly by our GMAT expert GMAT Ninja, Follow the link below.

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The difficulty levels are as follow:

Question #1: 650
Question #2: 600
Question #3: 700
Question #4: 650
Question #5: 650
Question #6: 650
Question #7: 650

Overall: 650

Hi experts,

For Q 5. in the third paragraph, the author most probably provides an explanation of the apparent connections among economic, military, and cultural development in order to.

The correct answer is choice B, set up an order of events that is then shown to be not generally applicable to the case of byzantium.

The third para does gives and order of events but that order is applicable to Byzantium. The order mentioned in second para is not applicable.


Also for q 7. according to the author, "the common explanation" (line 28) of connections between economic, military, and cultural development is..

I am unable to understand why choice C is correct.

Kindly help.

Questions 5 & 7

It appears that there is an error in the way that the passage was initially posted and the third paragraph should have started with “The common explanation....” We've updated the initial post to include the right number of paragraphs.

Now, the third paragraph describes the typical order of events: first military revival, then economic revival, and finally cultural revival.

However, the author goes on, in the final paragraph, to indicate that this order was reversed in the case of Byzantium. Here, cultural revival was followed by economic revival and finally military revival.

So (B) is the correct answer for question 5.


For question 7, let’s take a closer look at (C):


After describing “the common explanation” at the end of the second paragraph, the author goes on to say this at the beginning of the third paragraph:

No doubt this hypothetical pattern did apply at times during the course of the recovery. Yet it is not clear that military advances invariably came first, economic advances second, and intellectual advances third.

So, while “the common explanation” does appear to apply at times, it does not apply to the entirety of the revival. This is exactly what (C) says, so (C) is the correct answer for question 7.

I hope that helps!

GMATNinja
Hi Sir, thanks for the explanation.

Isnt E the correct answer to question 1? When I select E, the question tells me that C is correct rather.

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Yes! E is the OA to question #1, It is showing the same. Please try it again and let me (a screenshot) know if it still shows C as the answer.

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GMATNinja if you can explain answer for Q2 and Q7.

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Could you please help explain what's the difference between choice A and E in the question 1?
I understand how choice E is right, but I don't understand how A is wrong. Is there any subtle meaning in the choice A?

Also, I would like your explanation for choice B in the question 4 as well.
Since I refer to this part of the passage "By the early eighth century, the empire had lost roughly two-thirds of the territory it had possessed in the year 600". Since it's said that Byzantine had lost two-thirds of its territory by the early eighth century, how could we infer that byzantine empire sustained significant territorial losses during the seventh century?

Again, thanks for all your dedication to answer my questions.

Question 1

Take a look at the exact wording of (A) for Question 1:

The key word here is "unique," which means "the only one of its kind."

The author states that "the commonly expected order of military revival followed by economic and then by cultural recovery was reversed in Byzantium." But do we know that this reversal a completely unique case?

Nope, there's simply no evidence that this reversal ONLY occurred in Byzantium, and has not occurred in any other time or place throughout history. Eliminate (A).

(E) uses softer language that is a much better fit for the central idea of the passage:

(E) is the correct answer to question 1.

Question 4

You've found a relevant piece of the passage -- if the empire had a bunch of territory in the year 600, and then lost 2/3 of that territory by "the early eighth century," then when did that loss actually occur? It's reasonable to infer that the empire lost territory during the seventh century.

A confusing aspect of English is that the "seventh century" actually refers to the years of 601 to 700 AD.

So the timeline goes something like this:

• Year 600: The Byzantine Empire has a lot of territory
• Year 601-700 (seventh century): The Byzantine Empire loses a lot of that territory
• By the EARLY 700's (early 8th century): The Byzantine Empire has lost a lot of that territory
• During the 800's (9th century): The Byzantine Empire goes through a revival, starting with cultural factors, then economic factors, and then military victories.

(B) is the correct answer to question 4.

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