| Question |
Answer |
| 1000 BCE |
David united the kingdoms of Israel and Judea |
| 750 BCE |
Homer was born |
| Homer |
writer of the Iliad and Odyssey |
| 323 AD |
Alexander the Great ended the Greek Religion |
| in the religion zorastrianism what was did the fire represent |
purity of Ahura Mazda |
| Zorastranism |
one of the world's oldest living religion |
| 4th and 5th century Zorastianism is held where? |
Persia |
| Persia is what modern country? |
Iran |
| Zorastian followers in India |
Parsis |
| Christianity,Islam, and Judaism were based on what religion |
Zorastianism |
| who founded Zorastianim |
Zarathustra |
| 17 hymns or Gathas are the oldest part of what sacred text |
the Avesta |
| one true god in Zorastianism |
Ahura Mazda |
| Wise Lord of eternal and universal goodness |
Ahura Mazda |
| Bodily Reurrection |
test of fire; evil will burn while the good will pass thru unharmed |
| Ethical Dualism |
the beilef in universal forces of good and evil |
| Tower of Silence |
bones of dead Zorastians wer put here |
| how many times a day do they pray |
5 |
| name Ahura Mazda's two twins |
hositle spirit (shaitan)beneficial spirit |
| things we got from the greek society |
drama, democracy, philosophy, many forms of science, and medicine |
| Anthropomorphic |
when gods have human like characterstics |
| Hades |
god of the Underworld |
| Zeus |
god of the sky (king of the gods) |
| Poseidon |
god of the sea |
| Hera |
god of marriage |
| Sophcles and Aeshylus |
greek dramtists |
| Olympic Games |
used to worship Zeus (founded in 776 BCE) |
| olympia |
where the Olympic Games were held |
| oracles |
places where gods communicated their desires and intentions through direct conversation with commoners, heroes, and kings |
| thing sacrificed for the greek gods |
animals, wine, and armor |
| orphism |
school of thoughts/ believes that humans are good (spirit) and evil (body) |
| Elusinian Mysteries |
myth of Demeter and Persephone |
| Cult of Asclepius |
god of fertility, vegetation, and the vine |
| Jupiter |
Zeus' Roman equivalent |
| Venus |
Hera's Roman equivalent |
| Neptune |
Poseidon's Roman equivalent |
| Capital of Cyprus |
Nicosia |
| Capital of Turkey |
Ankara |
| Capital of Syria |
Damascus |
| Capital of Israel |
Jerusalem |
| Capital of Lebanon |
Beirut |
| Capital of Jordan |
Amman |
| Mystery Religion |
deities who are worshiped in a diverse group of bliefs and practices |
| Numen |
the belief that the roman and greek gods possesed supernatural powers (human might also have it) |
| Numina |
the plural of numen |
| Pluto |
Roman equivalent of Hades |
| Diaspora |
when jews are exiled from their homeland |
| 70 AD |
Romans destroyed the temple in Jerusalem |
| 4th Century |
Constantine converted to christianity |
| 7th century |
Arabs controlled Palenstine |
| who built the first temple |
King Solomon |
| who was the first to name Jerusalem the capital of Israel |
King David |
| 637 AD |
Muslims first entered the Jerusalem |
| 690 AD |
Muslims built the Dome of Rock |
| Golgatha |
place of the skull/ the place were jesus was to be crucified |
| Church of Holy Sepulcher |
believed to be sitting on Golgatha |
| 1290 |
King edward of England exiled all of the Jews in England |
| 1896 |
Theodore Hertzl became the founder of political Zionism |
| Political Zionism |
finding a homeland for the Jews |
| Sykes Picot Agreement |
France and Great Brtian divided the territories the Ottoman Empire controlled between themselves |
| 1917- Balfour Declaration |
Great Britian supported the exiled Jews once again making Palenstine their new home |
| after WWII Jews that were in the holocaust flooded into Israel - how did the arabs react |
Arabs decided to react violently |
| May 1948 |
Israel was officially made |
| who attacked Israel in 1948? |
Jordan and Israel |
| who won 6 day war? |
Israel |
| Anwar Sadat |
commisioned the attack on Israel on Yom Kippur in 1973 |
| PLO |
terrorists organization that was organized by the Arabs that were forced out of Palenstine |
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