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Quiz: Cyrus the Great

  1. When did Cyrus the Great die?

    • 530 BC, on campaign in the east.
    • 9 September 1976, Beijing
    • 5 May 1821, Saint Helena.
    • 21 June 1527, Florence.
    Answer

    530 BC, on campaign in the east. — Died: 530 BC, on campaign in the east..

  2. When did Cyrus the Great reign?

    • 559 to 530 BC.
    • About 2334 to 2279 BC, middle chronology.
    • About 1279 to 1213 BC, 66 years.
    • 522 to 486 BC.
    Answer

    559 to 530 BC. — Reign: 559 to 530 BC..

  3. What realm did Cyrus the Great rule?

    • The Achaemenid Persian Empire.
    • Babylon, raised to rule over Sumer and Akkad.
    • Akkad, with subject cities from Sumer in the south to the upper Euphrates.
    • The Roman Empire, reunited under one ruler.
    Answer

    The Achaemenid Persian Empire. — Realm: The Achaemenid Persian Empire..

  4. What is Cyrus the Great known for?

    • The capture of Babylon in 539 BC and the Cyrus Cylinder.
    • The poem On Nature, which reasons that what is cannot come from what is not, so change and plurality are illusion.
    • The claim that all things are number, and the theorem about right triangles that carries his name. What is his and what is his followers' cannot be separated.
    • Naming water as the first principle of all things. Herodotus reports that he predicted the solar eclipse of 585 BC.
    Answer

    The capture of Babylon in 539 BC and the Cyrus Cylinder. — Known for: The capture of Babylon in 539 BC and the Cyrus Cylinder..

  5. True or false: Founder of the Persian Empire, ruling from 559 to 530 BC.

    • True
    • False
    Answer

    True — From the entry's summary.