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31 Cards in this Set
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what names has the Fertile Crescent had since the beginnng of history?
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mesopotamia
Babylonia persia iraq |
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accprding to the torah's accountt, the tigris and euphrates rivers stemmed from:
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garden of edeb
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after the flood at the beginning of the torah, what story occured nearby?
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tower of babel
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who was the babylonian kind who destroyed the first temple and exiled the kingdom of judah?
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nevuchanezzar
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the story of megilat esther (purim) occured in the land of _______
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persia
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who grew up in charan and ur( cities which later became babylonia)?
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Avraham
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who was the king of persia who allowed the jews to return to the land of israel?
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king cyrus
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from what time did the Jews live in Babylonia? (there may be more than one answer)
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597 BCE until 1952
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at the time of the Second Temple most jews lived where?
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in Babylonia
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who ruled babylonia during the time of the Roman Empire?
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the parthians
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the parthians were (there may be more than one answer)
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good to the jews
strong enough to hold off the romans |
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in amoriac times, scholars in palestine were called _________
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Rabbi
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in amoriac times, scholars in babylonia were called _____
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Rav
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in what year did the arabs conquer babylonia, persia, Byzantium, and north africa?
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642 CE
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in what year did Iraq expel all its jews?
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1952
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who were the Karites/ Karaim?
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they belived only in the written law, they were jews as well
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the head of the Jewish community in Babylonia was called:
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Reish Galusa
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the reish galusa was (there may be more than one answer)
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exilarch
lived in a palace appointed by government tax collector orginially from the house of David, tibe of yehuda greatest halachic authority |
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the position of the reish galuta existed during the rule of the:
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parthians, sassinids, and arabs
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underneath moslem rule, torah study was led by the:
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Gaonim
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the gaonim were (there may be more than one answer)
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heads of the academies Sura and Pumbedita
instituted laws not found in the talmud acted a supreme judges usually appointed by academies sometimes appoint by the reish gelusa |
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out of the 25 prophets mentioned in the koran, how many are from jewish scripture?
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19
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what similarities exist between islam and judiasm (more than one answer)
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dietary laws, moshe, akada, prophets, monotheism, curcumsision, fasting
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the jewish prophet ____ is mentioned over 100 times
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moshe
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who established the city of Yathrib, which became medina, the second holiest Moslem city?
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the jewish people living there
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islam means:
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submission to g-d
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what did mohammed do in reacting negatively to the jew's rejection? (more than one answer)
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changed direction of praying- to mecca
akeda was changed to ishmael shabbath to friday |
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what compelled mohammed to start islam? what role did judiasm have in it?
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disgusted by barbaric behavior of tribes. judias, influenced him. however, jews did not join and he got mad
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who were the marranos?
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jews who converted but secretly practiced judaism
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who would have been killed if they were caught practicing judaism?
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the marranos
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who were the moors?
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north african nomads who converted to islam
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