Review for Tuesday Quiz (10/3)

Athens

100

The tyrant, put in place by the rich, who issued some rather harsh laws

Draco

200

This body was composed of Athenian citizens and had the last say in legislative (law-making) matter

The Ekklesia

300

This man instituted the seisachtheia, or lifiting-off-of-burdens

Solon

400

The actual number of demes into which Cleisthenes organized Athens

150

500

The only elected officials in Cleisthenes' Athenian democracy (Hint: there are ten of them.)

Strategoi (Generals)

Persia

100

This king raised a rebellion against the Medes

Cyrus

200

This king conquered Egypt

Cambyses

300

This man divided Persia into twenty of these

Satrapies

400

The first Persian conqueror marched into Babylon as a hero because he thought of himself as restoring....?

The right worship of the Babylonian gods.

500

The second king of Persia had to run back to his capital in order to deal with this, and he died along the way

A revolt

Cities

100

This city-state is led by two kings

Sparta

200

This Persian city-state is burned by an army of Greeks, instigated by the Athenians

Sardis

300

This city-state leads a revolt against Darius in western Asia Minor

Miletus

400

The Persians allow the Jews to leave Babylon and rebuild this city

Jerusalem

500

This city-state was visited by the prophet Jonah, and was also the capital of a large empire

Nineveh

Conquests et al.

100

This empire conquered the Northern Kingdom of Israel

Assyria

200

This empire conquered the southern kingdom of Judah

Babylonian

300

The barbarian kings of Mesopotamia preserved this great work of literature

The Epic of Gilgamesh

400

The Persians worshipped two gods, named...

Ahreman and Ahuramazda

500

Darius crossed into Greek using this strait

The Hellespont