The Persian empire/background knowledge

Question 1

what century did the Persians first attack the Greeks?

Answer 1

the fifth

Question 2

What are Greek city states called?

Answer 2

Poleis

Question 3

What was the Persian word for subject (i.e. subject of a king) translated to Greek as?

Answer 3

Doulos, slave

Question 4

What is the Achaemenid empire?

Answer 4

Another word for the Persian empire, after the addition of the Median empire to the Persian kingdom by Cyrus the Great

Question 5

List the kings of Persia from Cyrus the Great to Xerxes I

Answer 5

Cyrus the Great (559-530BC)
Cambyses II (530-522BC)
Bardiya (552BC)
Darius I (522-486BC)
Xerxes I (486-365BC)

Question 6

Who was Croesus?

Answer 6

The king of LYDIA
In 546BC he was told by the DELPHIC ORACLE that if he crossed the river HALYS a great empire would fall.
He lost his own

Question 7

What did Darius do for the Persian empire?

Answer 7

Made it much more well organised

Question 8

What are satrapies?

Answer 8

provincial governorships within the Persian empire

Question 9

What is the name of the Persian God?

Answer 9

Ahura Mazda

Question 10

What is medising?

Answer 10

Greek states deciding to come under Persian rule voluntarily

Question 11

What is the most notable state to to have medised?

Answer 11

Thebes

Question 12

What term did the Persians use for accepting Darius’ authority?

Answer 12

To give earth and water