Chapter 2 Flashcards
The Jews picked up ______ a sister language to their traditional Hebrew ,during exile
Aramaic
The Jews despised the inhabitants of _______
Samaria
_______was the means of commercial transport
Water
Writing materials for important manuscripts were leather or ______, but for letters and other documents ,___________,__________,_________
Parchment
Papyrus, Ostraca, wax tablets
A strong _________ _________ didn’t exist because slaves did most of the work
Middle class
Tax collectors were called ______
Publicans
The roman overlords _________ the job of tax collecting t the one who bid the lowest rate of commission for a contract
Auctioned
A number of slaves bought their freedom, sometimes I the name of a God of the temple where they banked their savings; a procedure called ______ _________
Sacral manumission
The technical term for marriage between relatives;_______ kept property and other forms of wealth within the clan
Endogamy
Both contraception and _________ were practiced by the Greco- roman family
Abortion
After birth a Jewish boy was to be circumcised and named on the ______ day
Eighth
The average life span of men were ____ years ; and _____ for women.
40
34
The construction of pavement and public buildings were often financed by the ______
Wealthy
The term ______ ______ means a personality largely determined by others instead of being yourself
Dyadic personality
The Liberian at Alexandria who accurately calculated the earths circumstance as well the distance to the sun was____ ______
92 million
