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In the Late Bronze Age, Egypt fought against the kingdom of _____________ for control of the Levant.
a. Hatti
b. Sumer
c. Israel
d. Philistines
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The traditional eastern boundary of Israel is:
a. Egypt
b. Shephelah
c. the Jordan River
d. the Mediterranean Sea
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The people who originated in central Turkey and later controlled the northern Levant during the later half of the second millennium are the:
a. Babylonians
b. Hittites
c. Chaldeans
d. Assyrians
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All are features of the Rift Valley except:
a. Lake Huleh
b. the Dead Sea
c. the Sea of Galilee
d. the Caspian Sea
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All are listed as crops of ancient Israel except:
a. grapes
b. wheat
c. barley
d. potatoes
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All are peoples originating from central Mesopotamia except:
a. Sumerians
b. Assyrians
c. Akkadians
d. Persians
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Israel's monarchy began during what century?
a. 12th
b. 11th
c. 10th
d. 9th
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The king who released the deportees from Babylon in 538 was:
a. Ahab
b. Cyrus
c. Sennacherib
d. Alexander
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The name Israel can refer to all of the following except:
a. Esau
b. Jacob
c. the northern kingdom
d. the united kingdom
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The Romans destroyed Jerusalem in the year:
a. 23 BCE
b. 61 CE
c. 70 CE
d. 122 CE