History Seminar quiz 2

What year did the siege on Jerusalem start?

• 588 BCE

• 586 BCE

• 538 BCE

• 538 BCE

Why did the Babylonians chose the strategy of siege in their battle against Jerusalem?

Similarities and differences between Nehemiah and Zedekaiah as leaders?

How did they get their power? What was their title? Their actions, and their legacy?

What is the Israeli Tower? Where and why was it built?

What is in the picture?

Explain where was it found?

Who wrote it, what language was it in and why was it written?

Explain the significance of the artifact itself and of what is written on it.

Reorder the following

• Yehoyachin

• Nehemiah

• Cyrus the Great

• Gedaliah

• Zedekaia

What does שיבת ציון mean?

Around what year did it happen?

How is the prophet Jeremiah related to it?

The different ways the destruction of the temple is commemorated today?

Order chronologically

• Nehemiah gets appointed to govern Judah

• Gedalia get appointed to govern Judah

• The destruction of the 1st Temple

• Cyrus Decree

• The return to Zion

What were the challenges the returning to Zion faced?