30. How was the religion of Ahura Mazda linked to Achaemenid kingship? a. The Achaemenid kings built temples to Ahura Ma
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30. How was the religion of Ahura Mazda linked to Achaemenidkingship?
a. The Achaemenid kings built temples to Ahura Mazda throughouttheir empire in order to solidify their rule.
b. Ahura Mazda was all-knowing and benevolent and purportedlychose the Achaemenid king to be his enforcer on Earth.
c. The Achaemenid rulers launched holy wars throughout theregion in an attempt to force people to convert to the worship ofAhura Mazda.
d. Ahura Mazda was the god of war and the Achaemenid kings andtheir soldiers prayed to him before every battle.
e. Each Achaemenid king believed himself to be the god AhuraMazda
31. What was the key aspect to the prosperity and power ofthe Phoenicians?
a. a strong military that helped them resist pressure from otherempires, like the Assyrians
b. a close cultural affiliation with the Greeks and otherHellenistic civilizations
c. their capacity for trade and seaborne navigation
d.. their monopoly on precious metals
e. the specific and unique set of gods the Phoeniciansworshipped
32. What was the geographical reason why communities andsocieties developed similarly in non-Roman Europe and non-EgyptianAfrica in this period?
a. They had similar climates, yearly rainfall, and soiltypes.
b. They were both far from the Nile-Ganges heartland and did notundergo rapid development.
c. They were both close to the sea and focused their developmenton trade, not agriculture.
d. They both had sustained exposure to natural disasters andtheir societies developed in response.
e. They were both close to major rivers that facilitated trade,agriculture, and connection to the broader human web.
33. The first people in the Americas came at a time of whattwo great upheavals?
a. climate change and animal extinctions
b. animal migrations and trade revitalization
c. trade building and disease epidemics
d. retreating coastal waters and increasing temperatures
e. disease eradication and arrival of people in Australia
34. By how much did the Sassanids expand their farmlandfrom previously?
a. 40 percent
b. 50 percent
c. 60 percent
d. 70 percent
e. 80 percent
a. The Achaemenid kings built temples to Ahura Mazda throughouttheir empire in order to solidify their rule.
b. Ahura Mazda was all-knowing and benevolent and purportedlychose the Achaemenid king to be his enforcer on Earth.
c. The Achaemenid rulers launched holy wars throughout theregion in an attempt to force people to convert to the worship ofAhura Mazda.
d. Ahura Mazda was the god of war and the Achaemenid kings andtheir soldiers prayed to him before every battle.
e. Each Achaemenid king believed himself to be the god AhuraMazda
31. What was the key aspect to the prosperity and power ofthe Phoenicians?
a. a strong military that helped them resist pressure from otherempires, like the Assyrians
b. a close cultural affiliation with the Greeks and otherHellenistic civilizations
c. their capacity for trade and seaborne navigation
d.. their monopoly on precious metals
e. the specific and unique set of gods the Phoeniciansworshipped
32. What was the geographical reason why communities andsocieties developed similarly in non-Roman Europe and non-EgyptianAfrica in this period?
a. They had similar climates, yearly rainfall, and soiltypes.
b. They were both far from the Nile-Ganges heartland and did notundergo rapid development.
c. They were both close to the sea and focused their developmenton trade, not agriculture.
d. They both had sustained exposure to natural disasters andtheir societies developed in response.
e. They were both close to major rivers that facilitated trade,agriculture, and connection to the broader human web.
33. The first people in the Americas came at a time of whattwo great upheavals?
a. climate change and animal extinctions
b. animal migrations and trade revitalization
c. trade building and disease epidemics
d. retreating coastal waters and increasing temperatures
e. disease eradication and arrival of people in Australia
34. By how much did the Sassanids expand their farmlandfrom previously?
a. 40 percent
b. 50 percent
c. 60 percent
d. 70 percent
e. 80 percent