Ezra
When Artaxerxes gave Ezra permission to go to Judah what extra thing did he also do for Ezra?
He paid for the whole trip.
Who was King Artaxerxes cupbearer?
Nehemiah
What did Nehemiah do after the wall and feasts were finished?
He returned to being cupbearer for Artaxerxes
How did Pericles die?
The Spartans cut off the city from the outside, disease broke out, and Pericles died from disease.
No
What did Ezra tell the resettled Jewish men about their wives and children?
They needed to leave them
Artaxerxes lifted taxes from what group of people?
Priests
What great skill did Nehemiah have?
Leadership
Under Pericles leadership what was restored?
Acropolis and the Parthenon
What would Spartan men do to make sure only the strong survived?
They would take their weak or small babies into the mountains to die
What was Ezra's profession?
Priest and scribe
What was physically wrong with Artaxerxes?
He had a deformity
How long did it take Nehemiah to help the Jews in Jerusalem build the wall?
52 days
Pericles was the strongest what during that time period?
Political leader
At what age did Spartan boys begin military training?
7
Where did Ezra live?
Babylon
What was the nickname of Artaxerxes?
Longimanus or Longhanded
Artaxerxes sent Nehemiah off to Jerusalem to do what?
Rebuild the walls around it
Pericles lived during what time period in Athens?
The Golden Age of Athens
The Peloponnesian War lasted how long?
27 years
Who is the first half of the book of Ezra about?
Zerubbabel
Artaxerxes may have been the son of whom?
Esther
How long was Nehemiah's leave of absence?
12 years
Pericles was so loved by the people of Athens that he was treated like what?
Royalty
The peninsula below Greece is called what?
the Peloponnese