World civilizations

How was the founder and prophet of Islam, Muhammad, able to unify the peoples of Arabia, and set out on what would become a massive and rapid campaign of conquest in the 7th century?

In what ways and to what degree did early Islam tolerate other faiths?

Why were Persia and Greece frequently at war and why did the Persians eventually fall to the Greeks?

What made Zoroastrianism so distinct and how did it differ from Hinduism and Buddhism?

Why did Persia feel it necessary to invade Greece after putting down the Ionian Revolt?

What happens at the Mass Suicide of Masada? What did the men do to be able to “die with honor?”

What was Hellenization and what events led to the Maccabean revolt?

This is for my World Civilizations class and I am needing help knowing how to answer. "Read Ezra 1:1-8. Cyrus the Great allows the Jewish captives from the Babylonian captivity to go back to... more