Chapter 63: The Spreading Persian Empire (first half)

Question 1

Amasis

Answer 1

he was the chief Egyptian general of Apries, he was sent to put down a rebellion against the king.

Question 2

Bardiya

Answer 2

he was the younger brother of Cambyses. He went on the campaigning trip with his brother, and he was lost.

Question 3

Battus the Prosperous

Answer 3

he was the third king of the Greek settlement Cyrene, West of the Delta.

Question 4

Massagetae

Answer 4

they were fierce fighters who used bronze-tipped bows and spears, lived in mountain tribes, and worshiped the sun.

Question 5

Patizeithes

Answer 5

he was the man who took management over the household of Cambyses, when Cambyses went on a campaign.

Question 6

Psammetichus III

Answer 6

He was the father of Amasis.

Question 7

Smerdis

Answer 7

he was the younger brother of Patizeithes, and he looked exactly like Bardiya. When Bardiya went missing he posed as him and was on the throne.

Question 8

Tomyris

Answer 8

she was the queen of the Massagetae, her troops were part of the biggest battle between non-Greeks. She won the battle and Cyrus was killed.

Question 9

Wajet

Answer 9

this was the cobra goddess of Lower Egypt.