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Conventional wisdom holds that the domestication of the horse transformed warfare only with the invention of the stirrup, which gave a mounted fighter the stability needed to wield weapons effectively. Yet archaeological evidence of organized cavalry predates the stirrup by several centuries. This discrepancy suggests that the stirrup, rather than making mounted combat possible, merely refined a practice that had already reshaped the battlefield.

Which choice best describes the overall structure of the text?

• A.

  It presents a widely held view, introduces evidence that complicates it, and offers a revised interpretation.

• B.

  It describes a historical event and then lists its major consequences in chronological order.

• C.

  It advances a hypothesis and then systematically refutes several objections to it.

• D.

  It compares two military technologies and concludes that both were equally decisive.