Chapter 59: Cyrus the Great (first half)

Question 1

Astyages

Answer 1

He was the high king of the Medes and the Persians, his kingdom was to the east of Nebuchadnezzar.

Question 2

Aryenis

Answer 2

She is the Lydian wife of Astyages, she gave birth to a daughter who was approaching the age of marriage.

Question 3

Cambyses

Answer 3

He was a Persian vassal in Anshan chosen to marry Mandane by Astyages. He was the son of Cyrus I, and the heir to Persian leadership.

Question 4

Croesus

Answer 4

He was a ruler of the powerful Lydians of Asia Minor, he was the son of Alyattes, who had extended his empire even further.

Question 5

Harpagus

Answer 5

He was the cousin of Astyages, he was told to go kill Mandane’s baby, but he couldn’t do it.

Question 6

Mandane

Answer 6

She is the daughter of Astyages, she married Cambyses.

Question 7

Nabonidus

Answer 7

He was the one who ended up with the Babylonian crown, he was the army officer who had helped negotiate the treaty between the Medes and Lydians thirty years before.

Question 8

Pasargadae

Answer 8

It was the largest and most powerful tribe of all the Persian clans.