The answer is the second option, pyramids, because if you look at some of the most famous Mayan and Egyptian architectual works, you will see that they both have pyramids, they both might look different, but are used by both.
World War 1 Ends
Germany suffers from hyperinflation
The Weimar Republic is created
The Great depression hits
Hitler comes to power
Economic policy in those days was based on free access by all nations to raw materials, free markets and non-discrimination, all without regard for the interests of the indigenous people. There was little regulation or control of economic development.
Answer:
This quote refers to the fact that the fall of the Roman Empire can not be linked to a single event, but rather relied on a number of cumulative events. For instance, many point to the invasion of Germanic Tribes from the North as causing the end of Rome. In reality, by that time Rome had undergone a series of internal and external crises such as Persian attacks in the East, civil upheaval surrounding the rise of Christianity, and the abuse of power by emperors and their followers. In the end, it was a little bit of all of these problems that contributed to the fall of Rome.