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