Question
Answer the following about the Classical Syriac Zuqnin Chronicle, which includes accounts about Christian communities in the late antique Near East. For 10 points each:
[10m] The Zuqnin Chronicle was sometimes named for “Pseudo-Dionysius” due to its misattribution to Dionysius I Telmaharoyo, a patriarch of this city. This city was the centre of the Syriac Orthodox Church.
ANSWER: Antioch [or Antioch on the Orontes, or Syrian Antioch, or Antiókheia]
[10h] A letter by Simeon of Beth Arsha in the Zuqnin Chronicle records the actions of this kingdom’s early sixth-century ruler Dhu Nuwas. In response to Christian persecutions, the Kingdom of Aksum invaded this kingdom, based in modern-day Yemen.
ANSWER: Himyarite Kingdom [or Mamlakat Himyar, or Homerite Kingdom]
[10e] The Zuqnin Chronicle preserves a Syriac document attributed to Joshua the Stylite, about the Sassanids’ war with this empire from 502 to 506. This empire was ruled from Constantinople by Anastasius.
ANSWER: (Eastern) Roman Empire [accept Byzantine Empire or Byzantium, but glare at them; accept Imperium Romanum or Basileia Rhōmaiōn]
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