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1. The Roman period in the Land of Israël starts at the year :
64 BC
60 BC
63 BC
54 BC
2. The roman general who arrived to the land of Israël that year was :
Pompeus
Octevianus
Titus
Anthonious
3. The Byzantine period end because of :
The conquest of the Christians
The peace-accord between the Romans and the Jews
The conquest of the Muslims
The return of the jews to their land
4. The end of the Byzantine period was at the year :
235 CE
638 CE
1063 CE
564 CE
5. King Herod built a large and magnificent port city in :
Caesarea
Jaffa
Alexandria
Haifa
6. He built the port using a special material brought from Rome, which is :
Wooden barrels
Oceanic dust that hardens upon contact with water
Iron
Volcanic ash that hardens upon contact with water
7. Rabbi Judah the Prince (Yehuda Hanassi) is called so because he was the president of the jewish council of sages known as the :
Sanhedrin
Beth 'ha'hamin
Beth Din
The Great Council
8. Rabbi Judah the Prince was buried in :
Bet She'arim
Usha
Tzipori
Jerusalem
9. The most important achievement of Rabbi Judah the Prince was the organization and canonization of the Oral Torah. This is called the completion of the :
Guemara
Bible
Mishna
Talmud
10. This completion happened in the year :
72 CE
200 CE
63 CE
138 BC
11. The name of the Emperor who divided the Roman Empire into two parts (East & West) is :
Claudius
Augustus
Diocletianus
Gaius Galigula
12. This emperor's reforms were :
failed due to power struggles among various rulers
No correct answers
a resounding success and led to great prosperity
did not affect the existing situation in any way
13. The name of the emperor who declared Christianity as a permitted and preferred religion is :
Tiberius
Titus
Diocletianus
Constantine
14. The declaration of Christianity as the preferred (not official yet, just preferred) religion in the Roman Empire was in the year :
301 CE
71 CE
134 CE
324 CE
15. The name of the Byzantine Empire is derived from a city called Byzantium, which the Emperor Constantine named :
Byzantinus
Constantinople
Byzantine
Constantinus
16. Today, the city that was called Byzantium is called :
Istanbul
Milan
Athens
Rome
17. The name of Constantine's mother was :
Rowena
Octavia
Helena
Minerva
Aurelia
Amelia
18. Constantine's mother came to the land of Israël and built the Church of :
The Church of the Holy Sepulchre
All answers are correct
The Church of the Nativity
The "Eleona" Church
19. The Phoenician name of Ceasarea is :
Byblos Tower (Migdal Torah)
Straton's Tower (Migdal Shlomo)
All answers are correct
Tyre's Tower (Migdal Tyre)
20. The Madaba Map is a map of which countries ?
From Italy to Russia, including Jerusalem
From Egypt to Syria, including Jerusalem
From Russia to Iran, including Ukraine
From France to Syria, including Egypt
21. The creation of the Madaba Map is dated to which century ?
The Sixth
The Nineteenth
The First
The Fourth
22. Hadrian rebuilt Jerusalem and named it :
Aelia Capitolina
Hadriana Capitolina
Falestina
No answer is correct
23. The remains of the Hadrianic gate of the city can currently be seen in the area of :
Jerusalem Gate
Jaffa Gate
The Jewish Quarter
Damascus Gate
24. The name "Bab al-Amud" is called that in Arabic because :
Because there is a pillar in front of Dung Gate, and "Amud" is pillar in Arabic
Because there is a pillar in front of Zion Gate, and "Amud" is pillar in Arabic
Because there is a pillar in front of Damascus Gate, and "Amud" is pillar in Arabic
Because there is a pillar in front of Jaffa Gate, and "Amud" is pillar in Arabic
25. How is the mentioned pillar found ?
( A ) ans ( B ) answers are correct
( C ) It was never found, but appears on the Madaba Map
( B ) Found in the Southern excavation area : the Davidson Center
( A ) Found in archaeological excavations in the Old City of Jerusalem