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And here's your Shmoop du jour, brought to you by ancient humans.

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The kind who lived back in the day,

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not the ones with false teeth who visit you on the weekends.

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All right, check out the following passage.

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It's a long one.

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All right, what is the primary similarity between

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the cavemen, Egyptians, Babylonians,

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Persians, and nomads?

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And here are the potential answers.

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So what's the biggest similarity between

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all these ancient peoples?

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Well, could it be C? Nah, we don't think so.

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It's pretty certain that all of these cultures borrowed from others

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in their artistic pursuits. Looser copyright laws back in the day.

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The speaker doesn't really go into this fact, though, except for with Greeks and Romans.

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So option D doesn't look so great either.

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The speaker doesn't mention what happened to the arts in the ancient world

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when a recession hit.

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Though we all know where budget cuts hit these days.

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E is nowhere near the mark, either.

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The speaker doesn't say anything about the effect their art had

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on their technology. A is a little more difficult to eliminate.

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Everybody except the nomads began sprucing up their environments

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as soon as they were settled, but we can't just leave the nomads out.

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Okay, well, we're left with B.

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And answer B gets it right.

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The speaker explains how all these communities

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fed themselves and took care of business,

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but also took the time to create art.

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