At which battle did the Greek navy defeat Xerxes I’s fleet in 480 BCE?
Answer
Battle of Salamis
80 Ancient Persia Trivia Questions with Answers
80 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
Which Achaemenid king completed Persepolis’s Hall of 100 Columns?
Answer
Artaxerxes I
At which battle did Cyrus the Great defeat the Median king Astyages around 550 BCE?
Answer
Battle of Pasargadae
What name is given to the canal Darius I cut between the Nile and the Red Sea?
Answer
Darius Canal
Who commanded the Persian army at the Battle of Plataea in 479 BCE?
Answer
Mardonius
Which language served as the main administrative language of the Achaemenid Empire?
Answer
Imperial Aramaic
Which Achaemenid king conquered Egypt in 525 BCE?
Answer
Cambyses II
At which Persian site was the tomb of Cyrus the Great built?
Answer
Pasargadae
Which battle in 331 BCE ended Achaemenid Persian rule after Alexander defeated Darius III?
Answer
Battle of Gaugamela
What was the name of Cyrus the Great’s capital city in ancient Persia?
Answer
Pasargadae
Which ancient Persian king founded Persepolis around 518 BCE?
Answer
Darius I
What was the name of the elite 10,000-man infantry force in ancient Persia?
Answer
The Immortals
Which Persian ruler invaded Greece in 480 BCE?
Answer
Xerxes I
Who founded the Achaemenid Persian Empire in the sixth century BCE?
Answer
Cyrus the Great