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All of the following are true of Assyrian, Persian, and Roman empires except: Option 1: They were all ancient empires. Option 2: They were characterized by strong centralized governments. Option 3: They shared a common religion. Option 4: They engaged in significant military conquests.

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The Assyrian, Persian, and Roman empires were all ancient civilizations with strong centralized governments that engaged in military conquests. They did not however, share a common religion. The Assyrians, Persians, and Romans each had their own distinct religious practices.

All of the following statements are true of the Assyrian, Persian, and Roman empires except for Option 3: They shared a common religion. Each of these civilizations were indeed ancient empires characterized by strong centralized governments and they all engaged in significant military conquests. However, they each had different religions. Assyrians predominantly followed a polytheistic religion centered around worship of Ashur, the Persians were largely Zoroastrians and the Romans initially had a similar polytheistic system to the Greeks, eventually transitioning to Christianity.

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