Critical Reasoning (CR) | Re: Historian: Fifteenth-century advances in mapmaking contributed to the

The author concludes that "Fifteenth-century advances in mapmaking contributed to the rise of modern nation-states."

His/her reasoning isthat:

• BEFORE the 15th century, sovereignty centered in cities/towns, radiated outward, and had poorly definedborders
• DURING the 15th century, mapmakers learned to create more accuratemaps
• AFTER the 15th century (by the 17th century), nearly all maps showed boundarylines

(E) nicely fills a gap in the author's reasoning. From the analysis above, we can see that he/she concluded somehowthat:

better maps in the 15th century + maps having boundary lines in the 17th century = better mapscontributed to the rise ofnation-states

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Statistics : Posted by rmahe11 • on 26 Apr 2019, 04:12 • Replies 19 • Views 38272

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