Marvin Harris argues that pork was not generally raised in the Middle East historically because:
a. it was considered sinful in all Middle Eastern religions.
b. some Middle Eastern societies owned all of the land and prevented pig-raising.
c. no ethnic group in the Middle East would eat pork.
d. pig-raising threatened the natural ecosystem.
e. pig-raising was economically inefficient in such a humid environment.
d
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A. Postmodernity B. Indigenization C. Diaspora D. Hegemony E. Globalization
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a. stone stelae. b. polychrome pottery. c. in paintings and carvings on lintels inside temples and tombs. d. copper e. books, called codices
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A) They have an intuitive understanding of morphology. B) Children have a very simplistic understanding of grammatical rules. C) They must learn each word as an individual unit of vocabulary, and cannot apply general rules. D) Children understand free morphemes but not bound morphemes.