Due Midnight, Wednesday, May 8, 2019
Open Book, answer all 6 questions

Prepare your answers in the form of one MS Word .doc file, SAVE, and submit to the relevant SafeAssign Box on BlackBoard.
Each answer should be 1-2 pages long (1,000-2,000 words)
Remember to cite your sources.
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1. Discuss the Babylonian Exile of the Jewish people. Include the renewal of Jewish life and religion under the leadership of Ezra and Nehemiah
2. Discuss the rise and fall of the Babylonian Empire
3. Discuss the rise and fall of the Persian Empire. Include an account of the Greek/Persian Wars
4. Write an account of the break-up of Alexander's Empire. Include a description of the dynasties which were formed
5. Write an account of the rise of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire
6. Discuss the Books of the Apocrypha and Deuterocanonicals