Quiz for Working with Evidence: Perceptions of Outsiders in the Ancient World

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Source 3.1: A Greek Historian on Persia and Egypt

Source 3.2: A Roman Historian on the Germans

Source 3.3: A Chinese Historian on the Xiongnu

Choose the best answer to each question.

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1. Which of these did Herodotus see as a distinctive feature of the Egyptians (Source 3.1)?

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2. Which of these did Herodotus see as a distinctive feature of the Persians (Source 3.1)?

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3. Why did Tacitus believe it likely that the Germanic tribes were indigenous to Central Europe (Source 3.2)?

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4. Which of the following did Tacitus find particularly praiseworthy (Source 3.2)?

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5. According to the historians Sima Qian and Tacitus, what uncivilized trait did the Xiongnu and the Germanic tribes share (Sources 3.2 and 3.3)?