8. Period Between the Testaments
Make flash cards with the empire on one side and the other key
information relating to this empire on the other. Use your notes
as a source.
Babylonian: Nebudchadnezzar, captivity, synagogues, Torah,
temple destroyed
Persian: Cyrus, edict, Daniel, return to the land
Greek: Alexander the Great, Lingua franca, Hellenism
Ptolemie: Egypt, Septuagint
Seleucid: Antiochus Epiphenes, persecution
Maccabee: Mattathias, revolt, independence, Hanukkah
Roman: Pompey, Pax Romana, roads