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Vocabulary
Disruption/had flourished
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During the fourth millennium
BCE, south-eastern Europe shows signs of massive disruption. As the archaeologist J.P. Mallory writes, this included the abandonment of the tell sites which had flourished for several millennia; the displacement of previous cultures in almost every direction except eastward ...
1. Can "disruption" mean "destruction"?
2. Does "had flourished" mean that "tell sites" flourished or that people who lived there flourished?
tell site : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tell
During the fourth millennium
BCE, south-eastern Europe shows signs of massive disruption. As the archaeologist J.P. Mallory writes, this included the abandonment of the tell sites which had flourished for several millennia; the displacement of previous cultures in almost every direction except eastward ...
1. Can "disruption" mean "destruction"?
2. Does "had flourished" mean that "tell sites" flourished or that people who lived there flourished?
tell site : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tell
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Newguest 1. Can "disruption" mean "destruction"? Not in general but I suppose that in this context some destruction could have been involved (from natural forces, invaders and the like).
- Newguest 1.
- Can "disruption" mean "destruction"?
- Not in general but I suppose that in this context some destruction could have been involved (from natural forces, invaders and the like).
- Newguest 2.
- Does "had flourished" mean that "tell sites" flourished or that people who lived there flourished?
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Newguest1. Can "disruption" mean "destruction"?Not in general but I suppose that in this context some destruction could have been involved (from natural forces, invaders and the like).
Newguest2. Does "had flourished" mean that "tell sites" flourished or that people who lived there flourished?A location on the ground can't
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