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