WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE EAST

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which best describes the Diaspora?
A
When the Jews forced the Arabs into the Gaza Strip.
B
When the Romans forced the Jews out of Palestine.
C
When the Arabs forced the Jews into Syria.
D
When the Palestinians forced the Arabs out of Jordan.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The term diaspora comes from an ancient Greek word meaning “to scatter about.” And that’s exactly what the people of a diaspora do-they scatter from their homeland to places across the globe, spreading their culture as they go. The Bible refers to the Diaspora of Jews exiled from Israel by the Babylonians.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Greek word “diaspora” means a scattering. And indeed there was a scattering of Jews throughout the known Greek and Roman world from the third century B.C. and on down.

Detailed explanation-3: -Diaspora, (Greek: “Dispersion”) Hebrew Galut (Exile), the dispersion of Jews among the Gentiles after the Babylonian Exile or the aggregate of Jews or Jewish communities scattered “in exile” outside Palestine or present-day Israel.

Detailed explanation-4: -: the movement, migration, or scattering of a people away from an established or ancestral homeland.

Detailed explanation-5: -A serious conflict between Rome and the Jews began in A.D. 66 when Nero was emperor. The Roman governor of Judea decided to take money from the Great Temple in Jerusalem. He claimed he was collecting taxes owed the emperor. When rioting broke out, Roman soldiers harshly put it down.

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