1. Why was Exodus the key text for Hebrews? How did it define them as a people? What happened to them during this story? How might it serve as a story for later generations?
2. How did the Peloponnesian war begin?
3. Briefly describe the political reforms that Pericles helped make as the leading politician of Golden Age Athens.
4. What became the new focus in the arts, and what characteristics distinguished works of art of the Hellenistic period from those of Classical Greece?