- 1. Which Persian king conquered Egypt?
A) Darius I
B) Cyrus the Great
C) Cambyses II
D) Xerxes I
- 2. To which Egyptian pharaoh did the Persians submit after the conquest?
A) Ramses II
B) Hatshepsut
C) Cleopatra VII
D) Psamtik III
- 3. Which Persian king led expeditions towards India?
A) Darius I
B) Cyrus the Great
C) Cambyses II
D) Xerxes I
- 4. Which Greek historian chronicled the Persian expedition into Greece and the Persian Wars?
A) Plutarch
B) Thucydides
C) Herodotus
D) Xenophon
- 5. Who led the Persian army against Alexander the Great in the battle of Issus?
A) Xerxes I
B) Cambyses II
C) Darius III
D) Artaxerxes II
- 6. Who founded the Achaemenid Empire, initiating the Persian expansion?
A) Xerxes I
B) Darius I
C) Cyrus the Great
D) Alexander the Great
- 7. What religion did the Persians follow during their expansion period?
A) Polytheism
B) Zoroastrianism
C) Judaism
D) Buddhism
- 8. What is the name of the land that formed the boundary of the Persian Empire towards India?
A) Cappadocia
B) Gedrosia
C) Illyria
D) Thrace
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