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