Nabataean Kingdom - Quiz
A) 2nd century BC B) 4th century BC C) 1st century BC D) 3rd century BC
A) Ptolemaic operations B) Roman operations C) Seleucid operations D) Antigonus' operations
A) Milan papyrus B) Elephantine papyri C) Oxyrhynchus papyri D) Zenon papyri
A) By forming a coalition with the Roman Empire B) With impressive and well organized military prowess C) Through naval blockades and maritime superiority D) By abandoning their lands and fleeing to Egypt
A) End of the 2nd century BC B) Early 4th century BC C) Mid-3rd century BC D) First century AD
A) Religious mandates from Egyptian priests B) Indispensabilities of trade organization and war C) Agricultural reforms and maritime trade D) Direct colonization by the Greeks
A) In the Negev desert near Petra B) In Alexandria alongside the Nile C) In Jerusalem near the temple D) In the Hauran region, probably Bosra
A) Hammond B) Starcky C) Kasher D) Bowersock
A) Rabbel B) Aretas C) Malichus D) Antiochus
A) Second Book of Maccabees B) Zenon archive C) First Book of Maccabees D) Milan Papyrus
A) Jason B) Malichus C) Menelaus D) Rabbel
A) Antigonus B) Starcky C) Barkay D) Strabo
A) Hammond B) Bowersock C) Strabo D) Josephus
A) Through strict military dictatorship B) Very well governed C) Poorly administered by corrupt elites D) As a loose federation of warring tribes
A) A religious high priest detached from society B) A foreign conqueror from Greece C) A man of the people D) An absentee landlord living in Rome
A) Nearly ten centuries B) Less than fifty years C) Exactly one century D) More than four centuries
A) Standardized coinage B) A written legal code C) A standing navy D) Monumental architecture
A) Malichus I B) Antiochus IV C) Aretas I D) Rabbel I
A) First Book of Maccabees B) Milan Papyrus C) Zenon archive D) Second Book of Maccabees
A) Seeking funds to rebuild the temple B) Fleeing from an earthquake in Judea C) Exiled by the Roman Senate D) Driven by his rival Menelaus
A) Gave Jason an army to attack Jerusalem B) Imprisoned Jason C) Banishment to the desert D) Appointed Jason as high priest
A) Because Jason refused to pay taxes B) To prevent an invasion of Petra by Judea C) Hoped to use Jason as a political bargaining counter with the Seleucids D) Following direct orders from Ptolemy
A) Jason stole sacred treasures from a Nabataean temple B) Jason attempted to assassinate the Nabataean king C) Aimed to hand Jason to the Jews due to friendship with Judas Maccabaeus D) The Seleucids forced Aretas to capture him
A) Strabo B) Barkay C) Starcky D) Josephus
A) Two weeks B) Seven days C) Three days D) One day
A) Ptolemies B) Nabataeans C) Seleucids D) Sons of Amrai
A) 3rd century BC B) 1st century AD C) 4th century BC D) 2nd century BC
A) Rome B) Alexandria C) Antioch D) Athens
A) AD 106 B) 312 BC C) 323 BC D) 85 BC
A) Syria Phoenicia B) Mesopotamia C) Arabia Petraea D) Idumaea
A) The Hejaz area B) Yemen in the southwest C) Northern Europe D) The eastern coast of the peninsula
A) Roman B) Assyrian C) Greek D) Egyptian
A) The Qedarites B) The Seleucids C) The Romans D) The Ptolemies
A) Hieronymus of Cardia B) Diodorus Siculus C) Antigonus I D) Alexander the Great
A) Alexander B) Demetrius C) Hieronymus D) Athenaeus
A) He was killed B) He signed a permanent peace treaty C) He captured Petra D) He escaped with all his horsemen
A) Hieronymus of Cardia B) Demetrius 'the Besieger' C) Hakor of Egypt D) Athenaeus
A) By lighting beacon fires at night B) Using smoke signals C) By sending carrier pigeons D) By shouting across the mountain peaks
A) Salt B) Sulfur C) Petroleum D) Bitumen
A) Reed rafts B) Papyrus boats C) Wooden triremes D) Leather coracles
A) Palmyrene dynasty B) Seleucid dynasty C) Judaean Hasmonean dynasty D) Sassanid dynasty
A) Damascus B) Petra C) Bosra D) Gaza City
A) Obodas I B) Aretas III C) Antiochus XII D) Alexander Jannaeus
A) Obodas I B) Aretas III C) Antiochus XII D) Alexander Jannaeus
A) Marcus Aemilius Scaurus B) Pompey C) Cornelius Palma D) Trajan
A) Marcus Aemilius Scaurus B) Alexander Jannaeus C) Cornelius Palma D) Pompey
A) Alexander Severus B) Hadrian C) Pompey D) Trajan
A) Bosra B) Aila C) Palmyra D) Gaza
A) Raqmu (Petra) B) Leuke Kome C) Hegra D) Bosra
A) Dead Sea B) Red Sea C) Arabian Sea D) Mediterranean Sea
A) Raqmu B) Nitzana C) Elusa D) Mada'in Saleh
A) Spice Route B) Silk Road C) Incense Route D) Amber Road
A) Persia B) Babylon C) Ptolemaic Egypt D) Hasmonean Judea |
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