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