He banned Judaism completely.
The covenant-relationship is the basis of Jewish beliefs and practices throughout history, since it binds us to the observance of the Torah.
The Romans conquered Mesopotamia.
No, it did not.
They died.
The Roman occupation effected everyone, not just Jesus. But the Romans played a crucial part in the fulfillment of the Messiahs' mission. He was destined to die a horrible death. The Jewish leaders of the day used the iron fist of Roman law to try and then execute Jesus.
Hyrcanus and Aristobulus, the two sons of the Jewish King Yannai (Johanan Hyrcanus, 1st century BCE), got the Romans involved in Judea when they asked them to settle a dispute. At first the Romans were cordial; and they actually became party to a military treaty with Judea (Talmud, Avodah Zara 8b). The Romans didn't interfere much in Jewish internal matters, because the main thing that they wanted was taxes and a quiet populace.A couple of decades later, however, they unilaterally abrogated the treaty, and placed Roman governors over the land who afflicted the Jews with crushing taxation (Talmud, Yoma 9a).In the first two centuries CE, things got worse, with the Romans destroying Jerusalem and the Second Temple after the Jewish Zealots attempted to revolt. The Romans sold hundreds of thousands of Jews into slavery (Josephus). From time to time they forbade the observance of the Torah-commands, and they killed several of the leading Sages, despite the fact that the Torah-leaders had advised against revolt (Talmud, Gittin 56a).Later, Simeon Bar Kochba led a second revolt, in an ill-advised attempt to recreate the independent Judea. The Romans responded by destroying Betar.See also:Jewish history timelineThe Jews and the Romans
Polonium and radium doesn't affect history.
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Yes. Dwarfism can affect anyone.
It has higher occurrences in Ashkenazi Jewish men
The Tanach is the Jewish Bible and it provides the guidelines for how to live righteously as a Jew.