Look at the timeline of important events in early Jewish history.

c. 587 BCE

Look at the map.

A map shows the various Phoenecian and Greek colonies.

What could best be inferred from the map?

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Responses

Phoenicia was frequently at war with other empires.

Phoenicia was frequently at war with other empires.

Phoenicians traded with peoples in Africa and Europe.

Phoenicians traded with peoples in Africa and Europe.

The population of Phoenicia and its colonies was larger than that of Greece and its colonies.

The population of Phoenicia and its colonies was larger than that of Greece and its colonies.

Greece and its colonies benefitted from a better climate for agriculture.

Greece and its colonies benefitted from a better climate for agriculture.

Phoenicians traded with peoples in Africa and Europe.

Which of the following texts contains commentaries on the teachings of Moses?

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Responses

the Writings

the Writings

the Torah

the Torah

the Hebrew Bible

the Hebrew Bible

the Talmud

the Talmud

Look at the photograph.

A photograph of a form of Sumerian art is shown.

What Sumerian art form does the photograph show?

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Responses

cylinder seals

cylinder seals

stone stelae

stone stelae

ivory netsuke

ivory netsuke

cuneiform printing

cylinder seals

Use the drop-down menu to complete the sentence.(1 point)

Sumer is important in world history because it was
Choose

a) the birthplace of Hammurabi and his famous code.

b) the location of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon.
c) the center of the Egyptian civilization.
d) the first civilization to develop a system of writing.

When Judaism began, how was it different from other religions in the ancient world?

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Responses

Judaism had sacred texts.

Judaism had sacred texts.

Judaism did not instruct its followers about how to lead their daily lives.

Judaism did not instruct its followers about how to lead their daily lives.

Judaism held that there was one God who set down laws about right and wrong.

Judaism held that there was one God who set down laws about right and wrong.

Judaism held that there was good and evil in the universe.

Judaism held that there was one God who set down laws about right and wrong.

Read the excerpt from Hammurabi’s Code.

“If a man has knocked out the eye of a patrician [aristocrat], his eye shall be knocked out. . . If he has knocked out the eye of a plebeian [commoner] . . . he shall pay one mina of silver. If he has knocked out the eye of a patrician’s servant . . . he shall pay half his value.”

What does this quote illustrate about the nature of Hammurabi’s Code?

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Responses

The law's punishments did not encourage social order.

The law's punishments did not encourage social order.

The law did not treat all members of society equally.

The law did not treat all members of society equally.

The law did not address any private matters.

The law did not address any private matters.

The law did not specify the crime.

The law did not treat all members of society equally.