In 586 B.C.E., what major action did the Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar take that devastated the kingdom of Judah?

He forced the people of Judah to adopt Babylonian gods.

He destroyed the First Temple in Jerusalem.

He signed a peace treaty with the neighboring kingdom of Israel.

He built a new, larger capital city in Jerusalem.

Following the conquest of the kingdom of Judah, what were thousands of Jewish people compelled to do by the Babylonians?

Serve in the Babylonian army against other empires.

Pay a large tax in gold to fund Babylonian projects.

Work to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem for the conquerors.

Leave their homeland and live as captives in Babylonia.

The Assyrian invasion of Israel

The building of the First Temple

It was the main center of their religious life.

It housed the entire treasury of the kingdom of Judah.

It was the only fortified structure left in the city.

It marked the permanent end of their royal family's rule.

adoption of polytheism by the Jewish people.

start of the period known as the Babylonian Exile.

immediate rebuilding of Jerusalem by foreign powers.

creation of an alliance between Judah and Egypt.