OC - WH - Exam 1 (Early History (Biblical and Secular))

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Which "Age" is classified as the FIRST age of recorded human history?

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Early Bronze Age

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What event marked the end of Classical Antiquity around the year 500 CE?

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The fall of the Western Roman Empire

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What are the three common factors involved in the transitions between historical time periods?

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Climate events, mass migrations, and pandemics

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Who led the Israelites out of Egypt?

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Moses

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Who was the first king of Israel?

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Saul

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Which empire conquered the kingdom of Judah?

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Babylonian Empire

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Who allowed the Israelites to return to Jerusalem and rebuild the temple?

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Cyrus the Great

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What did Thucydides (who many consider the first historian) hope his work would achieve?

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Help future generations understand his time

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What does Victor Davis Hanson suggest about the historian's ability to predict the future?

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Historians provide an invaluable guide, but not a crystal ball

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What is the danger of assuming history will repeat itself exactly?

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It never does