Key Cities
Capital city where the New Year's Festival was held.
What is Babylon
Greek conqueror who crushed the Persian Empire.
Who is Alexander the Great
Name of the range to the northeast of the Tigris River.
What are the Zagros Mountains
The mother of Nabonidus.
Who is Adad-Guppi
Colorful feature of Babylon that displays several symbols of the god Marduk.
What is the Ishtar Gate
City that was home to the Temple of Sin.
What is Harran
Persian leader who tried to avenge their defeat and bring Greece into the Persian Empire.
Who is Xerxes
Name the two primary rivers in Mesopotamia.
What are the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.
Babylonian god in whose temple the New Year's Festival took place.
Who is Marduk
This site became the key to unlocking and deciphering ancient languages after they had been lost.
What is Darius' scene and inscription at Bisitun
Grand city where Darius I built up his capital.
What is Persepolis
Ruler of Lydia who survived the attacks by King Cyrus.
Who is Croesus
The descriptive name of the area that is centralized around the two primary rivers.
What is the Fertile Crescent
Persian god to whom Darius gave credit for his victories
Who is Ahura Mazda
This barrel-shaped tablet carries carvings of a Persian king.
What is the Cyrus Cylinder
Capital of Judah that Isaiah believed King Cyrus would rebuild.
What is Jerusalem
Persian leader who worshiped the god Ahura Mazda.
Who is Darius
Name the four seas located in Mesopotamia.
What are the Black Sea, the Mediterranean Sea, the Caspian sea, and the Red Sea.
Persian teacher-prophet whose beliefs that Ahura Mazda would win over The Lie mirror that of Darius I.
Who is Zoroaster
This carved item would have been handed from the king to the priest during the New Year's Festival in Babylon.
What is an Onyx Scepter
City in which Darius I carved his cliffside inscription in three different languages.
What is Bisitun
Fourth successor to Nebuchadnezzar as King of Babylon. He may have murdered his predecessor.
Who is Nabonidus
Name the region AND the river that serve as opposite borders of the land belonging to the Medes.
What are Anatolia and the Oxus River
Greek historian who wrote the first history book celebrating the victory of the heroic Greeks over the mighty Persians.
Who is Herodotus
Structure that Nabonidus rebuilt for his mother after he came to power.
What is the Temple of Sin