payne1000 wrote:
All questions pertain to Israel:
1) When was it founded and by whom?
2) What were its borders?
3) What was its capital?
4) What were its major cities?
5) What constituted the basis of its economy?
6) What was its form of government?
7) Can you name at least one Israeli leader before David Ben Gurion?
8) Was Israel ever recognized by a country whose existence, at that time or now, leaves no room for interpretation?
9) What was the language of the country of Israel ?
10) What was the prevalent religion of the country of Israel?
11) What was the name of its currency? Choose any date in history and tell what was the approximate exchange rate of the Israeli monetary unit against the US dollar, German mark, GB pound, Japanese yen, or Chinese yuan on that date?
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1) When was it founded and by whom? 1050 BCE. After defeating the Amorites. Joshua succeed Moses and was the first founding father of the state of Israel
2) What were its borders?from the Nile river (which is mainly modern Egypt and Sudan) to the Euphrates (modern-day Iraq).
3) What was its capital? Jerusalem.
4) What were its major cities?
Ai
Jezreel
Ashdod
Joppa
Ashkelon
Kadeshbarnea
Beersheba
Kedesh Also known as Kedeshnaphtali.
Bethany
Lachish
Bethel
Mamre
Bethlehem
Megiddo
Bethsaida
Mizpah
Caesarea
Nain
5) What constituted the basis of its economy? If you are referring to trade, then metals worked into jewelry or weapons, and ceramics. Also, agriculture and live stock.
Currency daric, dating back to 440 BC
6) What was its form of government?
monarch
7) Can you name at least one Israeli leader before David Ben Gurion?
King Hoshea.... the last King of Israel
8) Was Israel ever recognized by a country whose existence, at that time or now, leaves no room for interpretation?
Egypt, Rome (empire), Greece
9) What was the language of the country of Israel ? Hebrew and Aramaic
10) What was the prevalent religion of the country of Israel?
monotheism, one G*d no name is given to the religion, it was the "religion of the Hebrew" according to archeological finds.
11) What was the name of its currency? Choose any date in history and tell what was the approximate exchange rate of the Israeli monetary unit against the US dollar, German mark, GB pound, Japanese yen, or Chinese yuan on that date
Daric, dating back to 440 BC exchange rate to denarii (Roman coin) was based on current value of silver. Based on ancient writings, one Daric would be enough to buy 10 asses.
YOUR TURN! Respond to the questions I asked you about Palestine.