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The "Babylonian Captivity" of the Hebrew people was begun in the rule of Cyrus the Great.
False, Cyrus ended the captivity and ruled with great tolerance
The Mesopotamian believed that
disease was caused by gods or demons
Akhenaton
established a form of monotheism that temporarily transformed egyptian religious beliefs
Code of Hammurabi
establishes the inequality of women
The Phoenicians
were a sea-faring people
Five events listed below. 1. Babylonian Captivity. 2. Dedication of the Second Temple 3. The exodus 4. Creation of an Israelite kingdom under David and Solomon 5. The conquest of Canaan Put them in chronological order
3,5,4,1,2
The first empire in the Near East was created by the
Akkadians
At the heart of Hebrew belief is the affirmation that...
God is one, sovereign, transcendent, and good
The two gods most fundamental to Egyptian religious belief were:
Isis and Osiris
The Jews were conquered and exiled from their homeland by...
Romans, Assyrians, Chaldeans
The initial shift from village to city inhabitation took place in Mesopotamia, known to the Greeks as "The Land between Rivers" and to modern historians as:
Sumer
The Torah is
The first five books of the Bible
The Mesopotamian achievements in mathematics include...
They had some understanding of quadratic equations, they divided the circle into 360 degrees, and they determined the area of rectangles
The switch from subsistence by food gathering to food production:
Was a momentous revolution that made stable settlements possible
The Mesopotamian Kings
Were believed to be representatives of the gods
The civilization that emerged in ancient Egypt arose:
at the same time as that of ancient Sumer
It is most correct to state that pharaoh was
both man and god
The common religion of the Sumerians:
included many gods, with a different god worshiped in each city-state
The Old Testament
is composed of writings done over a period of hundreds of years by a number of different persons
Mesopotamia
is the Greek word for "land between the rivers"
The Hebrews view of nature held that
it was good and created by God.
What three things were developed by Neolithic people?
the potter's wheel, the sail, the plow
The Egyptians developed elaborate tombs and burial techniques:
to provide the dead with all they would need in the afterlife
Assurbanipal II, king of Assyria, has the distinction of a reputation for cruelty and savagery.
true
Hierarchical structures of leadership were uncommon in early societies.
true, these societies may have been highly organized, but lack of personal wealth and attendant distinctions in rank and status was unlikely.
During the Paleolithic Age, people
were hunters and food gatherers
The covenant meant that the Hebrews
were obligated to surrender all beliefs in other gods