CIVILIZATION
BABYLONIAN
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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the Temple of Jerusalem (rebuilt)
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palace of the king
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all of Jerusalem
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Destruction of the temple In 70 AD, the Romans destroyed the temple in Jerusalem and looted its sacred contents. With the revolt over for good, huge numbers of Jews left Judaea to make a home elsewhere.
Detailed explanation-2: -In 129 CE, Emperor Hadrian decided to rebuild Jerusalem and therein establish a Roman colony named Aelia Capitolina.
Detailed explanation-3: -Herod the Great rebuilt the Temple in 20-18 BCE. The Jews led a revolt and occupied Jerusalem in 66 CE initiating the first Roman-Jewish war.
Detailed explanation-4: -Cyrus II, founder of the Achaemenian dynasty of Persia and conqueror of Babylonia, in 538 BC issued an order allowing exiled Jews to return to Jerusalem and rebuild the Temple. Work was completed in 515 BC.