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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What was responsible for the Jewish Diaspora?
A
Various nations conquering the Jews.
B
Resettlement of the people as they searched for the Promised Land.
C
Economic disasters in nearby countries.
D
There were too many natural disasters.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The first significant Jewish Diaspora was the result of the Babylonian Exile of 586 bce. After the Babylonians conquered the kingdom of Judah, part of the Jewish population was deported into slavery.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Kingdom of Israel was conquered by the Neo-Assyrian Empire (circa 722 BCE), and the Kingdom of Judah by the Neo-Babylonian Empire (586 BCE).

Detailed explanation-3: -It is commonly claimed that the diaspora began with Rome’s twofold crushing of Jewish national aspirations. David Aberbach, for one, has argued that much of the European Jewish diaspora, by which he means exile or voluntary migration, originated with the Jewish wars which occurred between 66 and 135 CE.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Jewish diaspora (Hebrew: Tefutzah, “scattered, ‘’ or Galut , “exile") was the result of the expulsion of the Jews from the land of Israel, voluntary migrations, and, to a lesser extent, religious conversions to Judaism in lands other than Israel.

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