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The Mare Nostrum refers to which sea?
the Mediterranean
C. 1390-1353 BCE was the time of which pharaoh?
Amenhotep
What document recorded the first named group of Mediterranean pirates?
The Amarna Letters
Which country is the modern equivalent of Alashiya?
Cyprus
Which country is the modern equivalent of Lukka?
Turkey
Who wrote Iliad and Odyssey?
Homer
Which Greek orator spoke about the Athenian ambassadors in 355 BCE?
Demosthenes
Who was captured by the pirates in 75 BCE?
Julius Caesar
How many ‘districts’ were the Mediterranean divided into by Pompey?
13
In 355 BCE, where was the ship that was captured traveling from?
Egypt
Piracy was part of the everyday life for the people of which country?
The Greeks
Was Homer criticising or complimenting the pirates?
Complimenting (condone)
Did the Romans profit from the pirates?
Yes
Why did the pirates kidnap prominent Roman dignitaries?
For ransom
When did Pompey rectify a new law that gave them the funds to fight the pirates?
67 BCE
When was piracy in the Mediterranean first recorded?
In ancient Egypt during the reign of Amenhotep c. 1390-1353 BCE
Are there mountains in the Mediterranean?
Yes
What happened before the invention of ocean-going caravels?
Ships couldn’t easily cross long distances over open water
What did governments do in the first and second millennia BCE?
Resort to pirates’ services
What would the pirate fleet do during wartime?
Serve as the first wave of attack
Pharaoh Akhenaten was troubled by which pirate groups?
The Lukka and the Sherden
Who glorified the pirates’ attack on ships and cities?
Greek historian Thucydides
Which group among the Romans finally demanded the pirates be punished?
The senates
Who was the person who led troops to finally purge the Mediterranean pirates?
Pompey
How long were the pirates unstoppable?
Thousands of years (paragraph A)