How Did the Nature of Warfare Change Under the Hellenistic

question 34

Multiple Choice

How did the nature of warfare change under the Hellenistic empires?

• A)Warfare was no longer confined to the battlefield; now cities were attacked directly and whole populations threatened.
• B)Warfare became subject to sets of laws meant to limit damage to property and to civilian populations.
• C)Warfare was established as the principal occupation of states, with other duties such as religious rites and civil order of much less significance.
• D)Hellenistic empires sought to resolve disputes through diplomacy, establishing the principle that warfare was an act of last resort.

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Definitions:

Temporal Lobes

Regions of the cerebral cortex located beneath the temples, involved in processing auditory information and encoding memory.

Somatosensory Cortex

A region of the brain located in the parietal lobe, responsible for processing sensory information from the body, such as touch, temperature, and pain.

Parietal Lobes

Regions of the brain located behind the frontal lobes, responsible for processing sensory information such as touch, temperature, and pain.

Cerebral Cortex

The outer layer of the cerebrum in the brain, involved in high-level functions such as sensory perception, cognition, and motor control.