PERSIA- CYRUS (1)

Question 9

When did Cyrus beat the Medes?

Answer 9

550BC

Question 10

Who did Cyrus beat?

Answer 10

Astyages

Question 11

From and when to did Nabonidus reign

Answer 11

555-539 BC

Question 12

From and when to did Croesus reign?

Answer 12

560-546 BC

Question 13

What were the Greeks in Lydia called

Answer 13

Asiatic Greeks

Question 14

Where did Croesus and Cyrus first meet?

Answer 14

Pteria

Question 15

Why did Cyrus defeat Croesus so easily

Answer 15

He decided to fight in the winter

Question 16

How did Harpagus deal with the horses in the Lydian army

Answer 16

He used camels as he knew they were scared of them

Question 17

How did the Persians take control of Sardis

Answer 17

They found a way to climb its walls

Question 18

Why was Croesus not killed?

Answer 18

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

Question 19

What did Cyrus do to the Ionian cities

Answer 19

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

Question 20

What was Cyrus doing between 546 and 539

Answer 20

Messing around in the East

Question 21

When did the conquest of Babylon happen?

Answer 21

539 BC

Question 22

When did Cyrus enter Babylon

Answer 22

12th October 539 BC

Question 23

According to Herodotus, how did the Persians enter Babylon?

Answer 23

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 24

Who was the Babylonian God?

Answer 24

Marduk

Question 25

Where can we see the Capture of Babylon?

Answer 25

Cyrus Cylinder

Question 26

What was the Cyrus cylinder written in?

Answer 26

Cuneiform

Question 27

When were the Jews captured and by whom

Answer 27

600 BC by Nebuchadnezzar

Question 28

What is Cyrus described as in the old testament

Answer 28

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

Question 29

Where was Cyrus’ royal palace

Answer 29

Pasargadae

Question 30

How large is the palace at Pasagradae?

Answer 30

400 acres

Question 31

How long were the waterways in Pasargadae?

Answer 31

1100m

Question 32

What do greek authors call the gardens?

Answer 32

Paradaiza

Question 33

How large is the Zendan?

Answer 33

12.5m

Question 34

What might the Zendan have been used for?

Answer 34

Coronation ceremonies for the new king

Question 35

What are the dimensions of Cyrus’ tomb?

Answer 35

13.75 x 12.25 x 11m (height)

Question 36

How is the tomb of Cyrus shaped

Answer 36

Like a house with a saddle-roof

Question 37

When did Cyrus die?

Answer 37

530 BC (Nabonidus Chronicle)

Question 38

Who was queen of the Massagatae

Answer 38

Tomyris

Question 39

Where did Cyrus advance his troops to

Answer 39

The Axares river

Question 40

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

Answer 40

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

Question 41

Who did Cyrus send back to Persia

Answer 41

Croesus and Cambyses

Question 42

Who did the Persians catch?

Answer 42

Spargipises

Question 43

What happened to Spargipises?

Answer 43

He killed himself in captivity

Question 44

What did the Massagatae do with Cyrus’ body?

Answer 44

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

Question 45

Where did the Tigris River lie

Answer 45

Zagros Mountains

Question 46

Who was Harpagus

Answer 46

A trusted advisor to Astyages who later came to support Cyrus

Question 47

What were the two most important regions in Asiatic Greece?

Answer 47

Aeolis and Ionia (on the coast of the Aegean)

Question 48

What happened after Cyrus left Lydia?

Answer 48

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