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Ancient Words
The Great Kings
Persian Culture & Religion
Greek Gods & Rituals
Greek/Athenian History
100
What type of artistic/religous imagery is shown here?
Apotropaism
100
How many different rebellions did Darius subdue in his first year as king, according to the Bisitun inscription?
9
100
Define KRATER
A Greek drinking vessel, often decorated, used for mixing water and wine
100
What region did Cambyses II famously conquer?
Egypt
100
Who was the main prophet/religous figure (not god) in Persian religion?
Zoroaster / Zarathustra
100
Mythic competition took place between which TWO gods
Athena & Poseidon
100
What is the Athenian name for the two long wars fought between Athens and Sparta in the 400's BCE
The Peloponnesian Wars
200
What being is shown here
Ahuramazda
200
Who is the speaker in the following passage?
"This man honored with the great Neit, the mother of the god, and with the gods of Sais, the royal chancellor, the unique companion"
Udjahorresnet
200
Define DEMOS
The people, city, and surrounding countryside of a particular Greek city-state.
200
What mountain did Darius carve his famous inscription into?
Mount Bisitun
200
According to Herodotus, what were the three tenets were central to Persian life and early education?
Ride well, shoot straight, speak the truth
200
Name the titan who castrated his father, Uranos, at the urging of his mother Gaia
Cronos
200
Who is the first recorded law-giver in Athens?
Draco
300
Who is pictured here?
Darius the Great
300
Who is the god referred to in this passage?
"May they say to Marduk, my lord: As for Cyrus, the king who reveres you, and Cambyses, his son"
Marduk, the chief god of Babylon
300
Define PENTAKOSIOMEDIMNOI
The highest social class in Athens according to Solon's reforms, they brought in at least 500 bussels of dry or wet goods annually
300
Give the name of Darius' son, who led the second Persian invasion of Greece
Xerxes
300
What were the standard names for the gold AND silver coins in Achaemenid Persia?
Gold = Daric
Silver = Siglos/sigloi
300
Symposia were...
Hard-drinking parties at which philosophy, art, and politics were discussed, and where the wine god Dionysus was honored
300
The three main governing bodies of democratic Athens were the _______________, the Assembly, and the Courts
The Council of 500
400
These statues are the first to depict ____________ instead of ____________.
Real people instead of gods or heroes
400
Who are the defeated people described in the following passage?
"They surrendered at discretion to the Athenians, who put to death all the grown men whom they took, and sold the women and children for slaves, and subsequently sent out five hundred colonists and inhabited the place themselves."
The Melians
400
Define HELOT
People perpetually enslaved by the Spartan. Made up the vast majority of the population in the Peloponnese
400
Give two SPECIFIC reforms of Darius
Buliding projects (palaces, Royal Road, etc)
Standardized coinage & monetary systems Standardized weights and measurements
Elevated the the worship of Ahuramazda
Created the imagery & ceremony used by all future Persian Great Kings
Elevated Persian identity, giving Persians special privileges and defining the empire as culturally Persian
Left behind the longest written historical record of any Persian Great King (Bisitun Inscription)
400
What did the Persians ritually demand as symbols of surrender?
Earth and water
400
What was the primary religious purpose of Greek temples?
To be physical houses for the god(s) when they visited the city.
400
Name TWO of the three main Greek authors who wrote about Sparta
Thucydides, Xenophon, & Plutarch
500
What heroic Greek value is MOST on display here?
Metis
500
According to Herodotus, what day of the year was most important to a Persian?
Birthday
500
Define DAIVA
Demons or evil spirits in Zoroastrianism, strongly associated with Angra Mainyu
500
Name three of the pre-Achaemenid kingdoms that Cyrus successfully conquered before his death
Media, Lydia, Bactria & Babylonia
500
What does the "House of Best Purpose" refer to?
The perfect afterlife in Zoroastrianism/the Zoroastrian version of Heaven
500
According to Hesiod, what is the 5th age of humanity (the one people in his day lived in)?
The Iron Age
500
Which individual is credited with establishing democracy in Athens?
Cleisthenes