Exam 2

Question 1

The son of King Darius; recaptures Egypt; invades Greece again; made the boat bridge

Answer 1

Xerxes

Question 2

Mythic Spartan King (700-630 BCE); kickstarts the Spartan War; his father was either Heracles or Dorian Invaders

Answer 2

Lycurgus of Sparta

Question 3

Reigned 530-522 BCE; Conquers Egypt the first time; dies doing so

Answer 3

Cambyses the II, King of Persia

Question 4

Borders: Balkan mountains in the North, Aegan Sea in the South, Black Sea to East; Subjugated by Darius

Answer 4

Thrace

Question 5

Tells Xerxes not to invade Greece, gets sent home; also the guy who said that Massagetai; known as Wise

Answer 5

Artabanus

Question 6

Is sent to get Thrace back in 492; urges Xerxes to invade Greece; killed in 497

Answer 6

Mardonius

Question 7

A series of naval invasions over three days during 2nd invasion; located in Northern Euboea, Greece

Answer 7

Artemisium

Question 8

502 BCE: A revolt from Persia. A guy named Aristagoras is tasked with recapturing this place. He’s given 200 ships but he also fucks up the job and runs away. Histiaeus tattoos a message into a slaves head and sends it to A, who then plans a new revolt in this place. The revolt fails and A dies in thrace

Answer 8

The revolt and Siege of Naxos

Question 9

The lieutenant governor of Miletus. He’s very ambitious, and his job is taken over by Aristagoras when he starts to rebel and is called back to the supervision of the Persian king

Answer 9

Histiaeus

Question 10

Histiaeus’ replacement

Answer 10

Aristagoras

Question 11

This is where the Persians dug their canal, which took three years

Answer 11

Mt. Athos

Question 12

This was the Spartan’s government, which combined a kingship, oligarchy, and democracy

Answer 12

Spartan Mixed constitution

Question 13

small kingdom centered along the Aegean Sea on the Northeastern part of the Greek Peninsula; served the Achaemenid Empire

Answer 13

Macedonia

Question 14

Empire that developed out of the Hittites (1200 BCE); ruled by Croesus in the 550s; Colonies captured by Persia

Answer 14

Lydia

Question 15

A battle where Greeks were outnumbered 7,000 to 300,000. They held their position against Persia for two days until they were betrayed

Answer 15

Thermopylae

Question 16

Subjugated Thrace; did a lot of the expansion during the Persian war

Answer 16

Darius the Great (521-486 BCE)

Question 17

Second tier citizens of Sparta, acted as contacts of outside world

Answer 17

Perioikoi

Question 18

480 BCE: Greeks defeated the Persian fleet off of this island

Answer 18

Battle of Salamis

Question 19

An icon! ruled during the overlordship of Xerxes and participated in Xerxes’ invasion of Greece

Answer 19

Artemisia

Question 20

Classical expression of defiance (come and get [them])

Answer 20

Molon Labe

Question 21

The main harbor of Athens, which leads to overseas colonization

Answer 21

Piraeus

Question 22

An area captured by Cyrus. Google says they’re from Iran but I remember in class he mentioned Russia? Idk. Either way they’re from Central Asia

Answer 22

massagetae

Question 23

Cyrus slaughters her entire delegation, and her son kills himself, but she is the one to kill Cyrus, beheading him

Answer 23

Queen Tomyris

Question 24

The athenian general who succeeds Miltiades. He’s the one who leads the greeks to victory at Battle of Salamis

Answer 24

Themistocles

Question 25

Spartan king who died standing against Persians at Thermopylae

Answer 25

King Leonidas I of Sparta

Question 26

An emergency meeting in Greece after information about Persia and Mt. Athos emerges

Answer 26

Congress at Corinth

Question 27

The guy who betrayed the greeks in hopes he would receive some reward from the Persians

Answer 27

Ephialtes

Question 28

Where the second Persian invasion was decidedly ended

Answer 28

Plataea

Question 29

Tattoos, piercings, worships the sun, wear costumes

Answer 29

Persian Culture

Question 30

Captured by Cyrus, burned to the ground

Answer 30

Sardis

Question 31

Croesus has a banquet for this man, attempting to fish for compliments. The guy says no and says that his son will die. Etc Etc basically a whole lesson in not cheating fate

Answer 31

Solon the Wise

Question 32

Led by Aristagoras, a revolt in Persia. The revolt failed, and Sardis was burned because of it

Answer 32

Ionian Revolt

Question 33

The first historian, probably made up like a large amount of what he says. Is especially racist towards cultures he doesn't understand (hippos, animal people)

Answer 33

Heroductus

Question 34

Reigned 560-546 BCE. The guy who pissed off Solon the Wise. Shows traits like Hubris, Impious, Rashness, and Ambition

Answer 34

Croesus, king of Lydia

Question 35

Barbaroi

Answer 35

barbarians

Question 36

The king who was assassinated by King Gyges because he made Gyges see his wife naked without his wife's consent

Answer 36

King Candaules (735-718 BCE)

Question 37

Tattoos

Answer 37

Steganography

Question 38

"The people you eat with" in Sparta. It's essentially a frat. A failure to secure a spot means you have to go into voluntary exile.

Answer 38

Syssition

Question 39

A greek colony conquered by Lydian King Alyattes, but then Lydia ends up befriending Athens and this colony, so they're chill

Answer 39

Miletus

Question 40

The guy who ran and asked Sparta for help against the first Persian invasion.

Answer 40

Pheidippides

Question 41

A community where you train from a young age, there is no economy, no class status, they eat tar essentially, and use laconic wit

Answer 41

Spartan society

Question 42

A being that says prophecies

Answer 42

Delphic Oracle

Question 43

First location of Persian revolt (10,000 men to 100,000 men). Where the Persians were defeated by the Greeks method of surrounding

Answer 43

Marathon

Question 44

Secret Spartan Police aimed at instilling fear and terror in Helot communities by periodic attacks

Answer 44

Krypteia

Question 45

This happened when Cyrus captured Babylon and the Median Empire

Answer 45

Rise of Persia

Question 46

Ancient name of the narrow passageway between the Aegean Sea and the Sea of Marmara. The connecting boundary between Europe and Asia

Answer 46

Hellespont

Question 47

A state whose power derives from its naval or commercial supremacy on the seas.

Answer 47

Thalassocracy

Question 48

The foundation of the Persian empire. Attacked by Croesus

Answer 48

Medes

Question 49

The like, head military general of Athens that helped the Athenians win battle of Marathon

Answer 49

Miltiades

Question 50

The community Sparta took over and essentially enslaved

Answer 50

Helots