Sumer is important in world history because it was the world's first civilization.
Sumer is important in world history because it _____________.
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was the world's first civilization
developed without a nearby river
was conquered by Egypt
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When Judaism began, how was it different from other religions in the ancient world?
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Judaism held that there was good and evil in the universe.
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.
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Judaism held that there was good and evil in the universe.
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.
When Judaism began, it was different from other religions in the ancient world because 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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The law did not specify the crime.
The law's punishments did not encourage social order.
The law did not treat all members of society equally.
“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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The law did not specify the crime.
The law's punishments did not encourage social order.
The law did not treat all members of society equally.
This quote illustrates that the law did not treat all members of society equally.
The official religion of the Persian Empire was ________ , whose main belief is the universe is in a struggle between good and evil.
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Judaism
Hinduism
Zoroastrianism
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Judaism
Hinduism
Zoroastrianism
The official religion of the Persian Empire was Zoroastrianism, whose main belief is that the universe is in a struggle between good and evil.
Why did the Israelites consider Canaan to be the Promised Land?
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they believed that it was the location of the Garden of Eden
they believed that God made a covenant with Abraham that Canaan would belong to his descendants.
they had signed a treaty with the Phoenicians giving them the land
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they believed that it was the location of the Garden of Eden
they believed that God made a covenant with Abraham that Canaan would belong to his descendants.
they had signed a treaty with the Phoenicians giving them the land
The Israelites considered Canaan to be the Promised Land because they believed that God made a covenant with Abraham that Canaan would belong to his descendants.
How did the Diaspora change the way Jews worshiped?
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Rabbis became leaders of Jewish rituals.
Synagogues became more important for worship.
Jews adopted Greek and Roman methods of worship.
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Rabbis became leaders of Jewish rituals.
Synagogues became more important for worship.
Jews adopted Greek and Roman methods of worship.
The Diaspora changed the way Jews worshiped in that synagogues became more important for worship.