Judaism
Who were the ones who practiced Judaism? Where do they settled?
Hebrews settled in Canaan
When it started the ancient Egypt era? How many dynasties exist?
5500 , 30
What was the Seige of Masada?
Was the final event in the war against the Romans>
Who was the king of the Persian empire?
Cyrus
Which are the first 3 sections of the Hebrew Bible?
Torah, Prophets and Writtings
What is confederation?
Group of allies
Social class of people in Egypt
1.Pharaoh
2.Goverment officials, Nobles, Priests 3.Soldiers 4.Scribes 5.Merchants 6.Craftsmen 7.Farmers/Slaves
Against who Israelites had a war when they returned from Egypt? How Much?
Canaanites, 200 years
Who was the king that conquer Lower and Upper Egypt, from where he was?
King Narmer, Lower
How much Jews returned after the Persian empire let them return to Judah? What they rebuild? Who destroyed it?
42,000 Jews, they build the Second Temple. Greeks
Which are the 10 plagues of Egypt?
1.Blood Nile River 2.Frogs 3.Lice/Mosquitos
4.Flies 5.Livestock disease 6.Boils
7. Thunderstorm of hail and fire 8.Locusts
9.Darkness for 3 days
10.Death of every first born on Egypt
Which were the 3 Kingdoms? Name from which dynasty to which dynasty they exist and from which year to which year.
Old:3-6 , 2700-2200
Middle-11-13 , 2000-1800
New-18-20 , 1600-1100
Who was the empire that made the first exile of the Jews and how much it lasted? What is exile?
Babylonians, it lasted 50 years. Exile=forced removal from native country.
Who was the Babylonian king that destroyed Jerusalem?
Nebuchadnezzar in 586 B.C.
What are some types of foods Jews can't eat? What is something Jews can't combine when they cook?
Pork, Cat fish=Fish without scales and fins. Can't mix meat and diary
Name the 12 tribes of Israel
1.Reuben 2.Simeon 3.Levi 4.Judah 5.Dan
6.Naphtali 7.Gad 8.Asher 9.Issachar
10.Zebulun 11.Joseph 12.Benjamin
With who battle Ramses II? For how much?
Hittites (in Turkey) for 15 years
Which was the only tribe that survive with the Assyrian empire? With which 2 empires they battle?
Judah, they battle with Egypt and Babylonians
Who was the Seleucid king that forced Jews to worship Greek gods?
King Antiochus IV Epiphanes
How were Egyptians gods identified? Which type of religion is the Egyptian?
Animals, polytheistic
Was is the Exodus? How much they lasted? When they arrive? Which was the Mount Moises climb, what he get?
The Journey from slavery to freedom of the Israelites from Egypt to the Promised Land. 40 years. They arrive in 1250 B.C. Sinai Mount/10 commandments
What notice the Egyptians of the Nile river? When it started and how much it lasted? How it leave the soil?
That the river had a predictable cycle of flooding. It started on July and lasted several weeks. I leave soil very fertile perfect for farming.
What was the Diaspora and its definition?
Is when Jews were forced to leave Jerusalem and settle in new places, after the roman war. Diaspora=migration of Jews around the world
Who was Hatshepsut? Which was her son and when she came to power?
She was the first female pharaoh and grew Egypt wealthy through trade and conquest. Her son is Thutmose III and came to power on 1470 B.C.
How expensive, normal and poor people make mummification? Steps
Expensive:1.draw the brain through the nostrils. 2.take cut the contents of the belly and dean it with vine and spices. 3.fill the belly with myrrh and spices. 4.cover up with natron for salt. 5. wash the corpse and wrap it in linen.
Normal: 1.fill the belly with cedar wood oil a syringe. 2. cover the body with natron. 3. return the corpse to the family
Poor: 1.cleanse the body with a purge. 2.keep the body with natron for 70 days 3.return the corpse to the family