What do historians consider a basic characteristic of the first civilizations?
a. The development of the Phoenician alphabet
b. The use of iron tools and weapons by 3500 B.C.E.
c. The development of cities
d. The discovery of fire
e. The invention of pottery
c
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As the 1938 elections approached, Roosevelt sought to "purge"
A) liberal members of the Democratic party. B) a number of conservative Democratic senators. C) Democrats who supported Congressman William Lemke for President in 1936. D) Cabinet members who leaked classified information to the newspapers.
What does the Bible's reference to Abraham living in "Ur of the Chaldaeans" around 2000 B.C.E. suggest about the book of Genesis?
A) Genesis was not written until much later when the Chaldeans ruled Babylon. B) Historical accounts of Near Eastern history that contradict Genesis must be wrong. C) Archaeology is of little use in understanding the Bible. D) Nothing in the Bible can be trusted as history. E) Abraham must have been a real person, for he is accurately set in time and place.
How did government in China and Japan change during the seventeenth century?
What will be an ideal response?
The first European nation to gain control of Southeast Asia's spice trade was the Netherlands
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false