The Persians – Civilised or Barbaric?

Who was the founder of the Persian Empire?

• Darius the Great

• Cyrus the Great

• Xerxes I

• Alexander the Great

What was the Behistun Inscription?

• A Greek account of the Persian Wars

• A rock carving where Darius the Great claimed divine rule

• A Persian battle plan

• A list of Persian kings

Which god did Darius the Great claim to rule by?

• Zeus

• Ahura Mazda

• Marduk

• Osiris

How did the Greeks typically describe the Persians?

• As wise rulers

• As equals

• As barbaric tyrants

• As their allies

What was the name of the Persian system of provincial governance?

• Satrapies

• City-states

• Colonies

• Dynasties

Which Persian ruler allowed the Jews to return to Jerusalem and rebuild their temple?

• Xerxes I

• Darius the Great

• Cyrus the Great

• Artaxerxes

Which historian wrote about the Persians in a way that contrasted them with the Greeks?

• Thucydides

• Herodotus

• Livy

• Plutarch

Which source describes the Persians as ‘a nation of slaves ruled by a single master’?

• The Cyrus Cylinder

• The Hebrew Bible

• Herodotus’ Histories

• The Behistun Inscription

What was the main religion of the Persian Empire?

• Zoroastrianism

• Hinduism

• Buddhism

• Polytheistic Greek religion

Which Persian king led the invasion of Greece in 480 BCE?

• Darius the Great

• Xerxes I

• Artaxerxes I

• Cambyses II