the Persian Wars

Question 1

the classical period in Greece

Answer 1

c. 500-300 BC

Question 2

Persian King Cyrus the Great

Answer 2

559-530 BC; conquered Lydia and appointed local aristocrats as tyrants

Question 3

Greek revolt against the Persians

Answer 3

499 BC, in 495-494 BC squashed by the Persians

Question 4

Darius I

Answer 4

522-486 BC; in 490 BC set out an expedition to punish Athenians as they had aided the revolt in Asia Minor. Landed in Marathon and were defeated by Athenian and Plataean hoplites

Question 5

Miltiades

Answer 5

in 490 BC led the hoplites to defeat the Persians

Question 6

Xerxes

Answer 6

in 480 BC resumed the hostilities and wanted to subjugate the mainland Greeks.

Question 7

Themistocles

Answer 7

strategos who encouraged the Athenians to create a large navy

Question 8

Laurium

Answer 8

a mining area discovered in Attica in 483 BC, the profits went into building the navy

Question 9

triremes

Answer 9

new warships that were faster and more manoeuvrable

Question 10

the battle of Thermopylae

Answer 10

in 480 BC 300 Spartan hoplites under the rule of the Spartan king Leonidas aimed to hold back the Persians at the pass at Thermopylae to cover the retreat of the Greek army and navy

Question 11

island of Salamis

Answer 11

the Greeks evacuated to the island after the battle of Thermopylae

Question 12

Pausanias

Answer 12

in 479 BC the Greeks defeated the Persian army under his rule in Plataea

Question 13

449 BC

Answer 13

fighting in Asia Minor came to an end

Question 14

479 BC

Answer 14

Greeks liberated Greek cities from the Persians