Interaction and Adaptation in Western Eurasia: Persia, Greece, and Rome, 550 BCE–600 CE

Quiz Content

not completed
. A key element of the Persian army was their heavily armored horsemen called:

not completed
. All of the following were true of the Persians EXCEPT:

not completed
. Foot soldiers in Greek armies were called:

not completed
. Cyrus the Great, the first Achaemenid Emperor, describes himself as

not completed
. Provincial governors appointed by the Persian king were called:

not completed
. The administrative language of the Achaemenid Empire was:

not completed
. To facilitate the movement of the army and improve trade the Persians:

not completed
. The Greek city-states:

not completed
. Two common bonds that the Greeks shared were:

not completed
. Constitutional reformers in Athens:

not completed
. All of the following were true of Sparta EXCEPT:

not completed
. The Greek city-states were targets of Persian imperialism largely because:

not completed
. Immediately after repelling the Persian armies:

not completed
. Philip II of _________ unified his state and conquered the Greek city-states to the south of him.

not completed
. Philip II's expansion was continued by:

not completed
. A long-range implication of Alexander's conquests was:

not completed
. The Persian state that re-formed about a century after Alexander's death was:

not completed
. Diplomatic contact between China and ________ helped open up the Silk Road.

not completed
. Romans began unifying the Italian peninsula under their control:

not completed
. The wealth of the Roman aristocracy was based on:

not completed
. The Roman Peace was based mostly on:

not completed
. All of the following is true of the Christian population of the Roman Empire at the beginning of Constantine's rule EXCEPT:

not completed
. From the spread of bubonic plague between Africa, Asia, and Europe during the mid-sixth century of the common era, scholars have deduced all of the following EXCEPT:

not completed
. The Avesta was:

not completed
. The three main Christian denominations that emerged by 600 CE included all EXCEPT the following:

not completed
. The Library of Alexandria:

not completed
.

A map of Ancient Greece during the sixth century B C E. Major regions include Thrace in the north; Phrygia, Lydia, Ionia, and Caria in the East; Laconia in the Southwest, Messenia, Achaea, Epirus, and Thessaly in the West; Euboea, Boeotia, and Attica in the central region, and Macedonia and Chalcidice in the northwest.


The map above shows the city-states of sixth century BCE Greece. Which of these city states were the two largest?

not completed
.

A map traces the extent of Alexander's Empire, which covered the central part of Eurasia during 323 B C E. Greece was one of the dependant states of Alexander. Granicus River, Issus, Tyre, Arbela, and Hydraspes were some of the battle sites. Alexander's route goes from Macedonia to Sardis in Turkey, then down along the Mediterranean coastline of the Middle East to Tyre, Jerusalem, into North Africa, Memphis, Alexandria, and back along the Middle East and Central Asia crossing Susa, Persepolis in present-day Iran, Ecbatana, Parthia, Bactria or present-day Afghanistan, along west India, and back across Central Asia and the Middle East to Persepolis.


Which region of the Seleucid Kingdom, shown in the map above, revolted against the king and established an empire towards the end of the second century BCE?

not completed
.

A photo of the remains of the Barrel Vault of the Sasanid Royal reception hall.


What Sasanid architectural technique in the image above was later adopted by Rome and western Europe?

Back to top