Immediately prior to the revolt, there was no Jewish king. The Syrian-Greek (Seleucid) king, Antiochus IV, ruled Israel.
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Russian Revolution. Dr. Zhivago is called up for duty as a Medical Officer in World War I, immediately Prior to the Bolshevik revolt.
Hanukkah IS a festival.
The month of June is prior to July.
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Roman Catholic AnswerAside from the Eastern Orthodox, the entire Christian world belonged to the Catholic Church prior to the protestant revolt.
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Rationality and Logic
Most, but not all, were Jewish.
After the destruction of the Second Temple, the largest Jewish communities in Judea were in the Galilee. Prior to that, they weren't.
That is the correct spelling of "previous" (prior, earlier, immediately before).
Prior to the Final Solution the Jews were ostracised and segregated.