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What historical figure founded the Persian Empire?
Cyrus the Great
Ahmena'd the Lawgiver
Suleiman the Magnificent
Malachi of Akkad
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Cyrus and his descendants were members of what dynasty that ruled Persia for centuries?
The Kameole Dynasty
The Achaemenid Dynasty
The Fowlar Dynasty
The Soleida Dynasty
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The Persian Empire started in land that is part of what modern-day country?
Pakistan
Israel
Egypt
Iran
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Cyrus the Great started the Persian Empire in 550 B.C. by conquering what other imperial nation in the region and adding its territory to his own?
The Median Empire
The Parthian Empire
The Ottoman Empire
The Barbar Empire
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In 539 B.C., Cyrus the Great enacted what historical event by conquering one of the world's oldest cities, thus ushering in a new age of political dominance?
Jerusalem
Babylon
Istanbul
Rome
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Cyrus is mentioned in the Abrahamic tradition because he assisted the Israelites. Specifically, he helped them rebuild what capital of Israel?
Aratecca
Tehran
Baghdad
Jerusalem
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The Achaemenid Dynasty of Cyrus and his descendants was named after what common ancestor who was a minor ruler in his own right?
Achaemea
Kaemen
Achae
Achaemenes
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Around the year 530 B.C., Cyrus the Great was succeeded by what heir who would expand their territory at the cost of making plentiful enemies at home and abroad?
Cambyses
Argus
Khaleid
Salamis
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One of the greatest achievements of Cambyses' Persian Empire was the conquest of what land by taking over Memphis?
The Barbar Empire
The Ottoman Empire
Egypt
Assyria
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Cambyses earned the ire of many Egyptians when he killed what sacred bull that was worshipped as a deity on Earth?
The Hoplite Bull
The Apis Bull
The Helios Bull
The Kukri Bull
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Legends say that the Persian Emperor Cambyses was overthrown by a magi pretending to be his brother. What was this brother named?
Gornugal
Bardiya
Edzedses
Krohahd
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What third true king of Persia would end "Bardiya's" attempt to take the throne and rule the empire during its territorial high watermark?
Nohadon
Ramses
Sidon
Darius
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As an indicator of how widely Darius the Great's Persian Empire spread, it must be pointed out that his armies conquered much of what European peninsula where countries like Albania, Croatia, and Greece are found?
The Balkan Peninsula
The Gower Peninsula
The Adriatic Peninsula
The Moab Peninsula
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While Darius was the Emperor of Persia, he made a critical alliance with what Greek nation that would later produce such warlords as Philip II and Alexander the Great?
Crete
Sparta
Macedonia
Athens
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Darius's gradual expansion into Greece eventually spawned an uprising where regional Greek lords fully rebelled against their Persian overlords. What is this event called?
The Carthaginian Siege
The Ionian Revolt
The Hellenistic Wave
The Athenian Summer
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The Greeks eventually defeated Darius's invading armies at what historic battle that ended the first Persian invasion of Greece?
The Battle of Cyprian
The Battle of the Gambes
The Battle of Geb
The Battle of Marathon
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When Darius the Great passed away, what son succeeded him and became historic for invading Greece to try and succeed where his father failed?
Xerxes I
Agamemnon
Moloch I
Gastor II
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King Leonidas arguably helped save Greece by delaying Xerxes I's armies at what days-long battle that gave the Greeks more time to organize a full nationwide defense?
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After Xerxes I broke through Thermopylae, his armies slowly began conquering Greece until they were halted at what major naval battle that marked the high point of Persian's second invasion of Greece?
The Battle of Salamis
The Battle of Rayes Bay
The Battle of Caladon
The Battle of the Red Sea
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At what battle following Salamis did the Greeks effectively destroy Xerxes' last army that he had left behind after he fled the peninsula?
The Battle of the Ionian Plains
The Battle of Alexandria
The Battle of Plataea
The Battle of Phoenicia
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What scheming court official threw Persia into chaos by orchestrating the deaths of both Xerxes I and his heir Darius?
Bartolomay
Saladin
Artabanus
Egresso
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Artaxerxes I inherited the throne from Xerxes I. One of the most significant changes instituted by this new ruler was the expansion of what polytheistic faith that he essentially made Persia's state religion?
Hinduism
Zoroastrianism
Philistinism
Druidism
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Artaxerxes I finally ended Persia's war with the Greeks by signing the Peace of Callias. What influential Greek historical figure negotiated this treaty with Artaxerxes?
Artaxerxes of Greece
Plato
Callias
Draco the Lawgiver
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What heir to Artaxerxes I became the longest-reigning Persian Emperor after defeating his brother Cyrus the Younger in order to secure the throne?
Nebuchadnezzar
Ezerred
Khassum
Artaxerxes II
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Persian emperors often appointed regional governors to help administrate certain regions. What were these regional governors called?
Satraps
Dukes
Gormen
Casabas
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The Persian Empire was able to reconquer Egypt because what infamous Greek mercenary betrayed the pharaoh and helped them retake Memphis?
Atolomeus of Phoenicia
Scipio Africanus
Draco the Lawgiver
Mentor of Rhodes
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True or False: The Persian Empire expanded so far that it contained parts of modern China.
True
False
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What Macedonian warlord brought an end to the Persian Empire by conquering it?
Attila
Paris
Alexander the Great
Charlemagne
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What final Persian Emperor was murdered by his subordinates and left out on the road to confuse and delay Alexander the Great?
Cyrus II
Darius III
Xerxes IV
Artaxerxes VI
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After the death of Alexander, Persia would remain scattered and divided until its people founded what new empire that is sometimes called "The Second Persian Empire"?
The Kyrgian Empire
The Barbar Empire
The Ottoman Empire
The Parthian Empire
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