PERSIA- CYRUS (1)

Question 1

When did Cyrus beat the Medes?

Answer 1

550BC

Question 2

Where did the Tigris River lie

Answer 2

Zagros Mountains

Question 3

Who was Harpagus

Answer 3

A trusted advisor to Astyages who later came to support Cyrus

Question 4

Who did Cyrus beat?

Answer 4

Astyages

Question 5

From and when to did Nabonidus reign

Answer 5

555-539 BC

Question 6

From and when to did Croesus reign?

Answer 6

560-546 BC

Question 7

What were the Greeks in Lydia called

Answer 7

Asiatic Greeks

Question 8

What were the two most important regions in Asiatic Greece?

Answer 8

Aeolis and Ionia (on the coast of the Aegean)

Question 9

Where did Croesus and Cyrus first meet?

Answer 9

Pteria

Question 10

Why did Cyrus defeat Croesus so easily

Answer 10

He decided to fight in the winter

Question 11

How did Harpagus deal with the horses in the Lydian army

Answer 11

He used camels as he knew they were scared of them

Question 12

How did the Persians take control of Sardis

Answer 12

They found a way to climb its walls

Question 13

Why was Croesus not killed?

Answer 13

It rained as he was about to be burned on a pyre, and Cyrus interpreted that was words from the gods

Question 14

What did Cyrus do to the Ionian cities

Answer 14

Left Tabalus to conquer them, after they had not revolted against Lydia when he asked them to

Question 15

What was Cyrus doing between 546 and 539

Answer 15

Messing around in the East

Question 15

What happened after Cyrus left Lydia?

Answer 15

Pactyes, an official left to assist Tabalus, rose up in revolt- however, this failed

Question 16

When did the conquest of Babylon happen?

Answer 16

539 BC

Question 17

When did Cyrus enter Babylon

Answer 17

12th October 539 BC

Question 18

According to Herodotus, how did the Persians enter Babylon?

Answer 18

Diverting the river Euphrates so they could wade along the part where it flowed into Babylon. From 2 men (Xenephon) to 1/2 a man (Herodotus)

Question 19

Who was the Babylonian God?

Answer 19

Marduk

Question 20

Where can we see the Capture of Babylon?

Answer 20

Cyrus Cylinder

Question 21

What was the Cyrus cylinder written in?

Answer 21

Cuneiform

Question 22

When were the Jews captured and by whom

Answer 22

600 BC by Nebuchadnezzar

Question 23

What is Cyrus described as in the old testament

Answer 23

a messiah (only non-jew to be given that name in the bible)- book of isaiah chapter 45

Question 24

Where was Cyrus’ royal palace

Answer 24

Pasargadae

Question 25

How large is the palace at Pasagradae?

Answer 25

400 acres

Question 26

How long were the waterways in Pasargadae?

Answer 26

1100m

Question 27

What do greek authors call the gardens?

Answer 27

Paradaiza

Question 28

How large is the Zendan?

Answer 28

12.5m

Question 29

What might the Zendan have been used for?

Answer 29

Coronation ceremonies for the new king

Question 30

What are the dimensions of Cyrus’ tomb?

Answer 30

13.75 x 12.25 x 11m (height)

Question 31

How is the tomb of Cyrus shaped

Answer 31

Like a house with a saddle-roof

Question 32

When did Cyrus die?

Answer 32

530 BC (Nabonidus Chronicle)

Question 33

Who was queen of the Massagatae

Answer 33

Tomyris

Question 34

Where did Cyrus advance his troops to

Answer 34

The Axares river

Question 35

Why did they fight on the persian side of the river?

Answer 35

All of Cyrus’ advisors, say for Croesus, chose to fight there

Question 36

Who did Cyrus send back to Persia

Answer 36

Croesus and Cambyses

Question 37

Who did the Persians catch?

Answer 37

Spargipises

Question 38

What happened to Spargipises?

Answer 38

He killed himself in captivity

Question 39

What did the Massagatae do with Cyrus’ body?

Answer 39

Cut his head off and drop is into a leather bag filled with blood. Other sources say he died back in Pasargadae, though