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