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Question 1

Zoroastrianism is best described as
 
  a. the Babylonian astrological system.
  b. Egypt's experiment in monotheism.
  c. the Persian religion that stressed ethics; envisioned a cosmic battle between good and evil; and promised eternity in paradise to those who chose good and eternal torment to those who chose evil.
  d. the monotheistic religion whose god expelled humankind from paradise, nearly ended the world with a flood, and established a special relationship with one nation.
  e. a dramatic departure from the political and cultural universalism of the Persian empire.

Question 2

What do the surviving works of the Greek historian Polybius demonstrate?
 
  a. He followed Thucydides in seeking rational motives for historical events.
  b. He focused on the growth of the Greek city-states from their origins to their collapse.
  c. Ancient historians continued to fail to find accurate, firsthand sources.
  d. He relied on the models of Herodotus and ascribed historical change to the intervention of gods.
  e. He used oral sources and myth to supplement non-written documents.



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Reply 2 on: Sep 12, 2019
YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review


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Gracias!

 

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