OCR GCSE Ancient History: Darius the Great Questions & Answers
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Name two sources for the accession of Darius I - ANSWERS- Herodotus's Histories
- the Bisitun Inscription
When did Darius become king of Persia? - ANSWERS522BCE
How many co-conspirators were involved in overthrowing the false Smerdis (according to Herodotus)? - ANSWERS7
How did the conspi...
OCR GCSE Ancient History: Darius the
Great Questions & Answers
Name two sources for the accession of Darius I - ANSWERS- Herodotus's Histories
- the Bisitun Inscription
When did Darius become king of Persia? - ANSWERS522BCE
How many co-conspirators were involved in overthrowing the false Smerdis (according
to Herodotus)? - ANSWERS7
How did the conspirators decide which of them should become king? - ANSWERSThey
rode their horses out of the city before dawn and the rider of the first horse to neigh after
the sun came up was declared king.
Herodotus suggests that Darius cheated.
Name three ways in which the Bisitun Inscription differs from Herodotus's account of
Darius accession to the kingship - ANSWERS- the names of 6 conspirators are the
same, but the Bisitun Inscription omits Aspathines
- the Inscription claims Cambyses II arranged for his brother to be killed before he
headed for Egypt; Herodotus says after
- Cambyses's brother is called Bardiya in the Inscription - as, of course, is the imposter -
while Herodotus calls him Smerdis
What was the real name of the false Smerdis/Bardiya (according to the Bisitun
Inscription)? - ANSWERSGaumata
What have modern scholars made of the story of Darius's accession to the kingship? -
ANSWERSThey've suggested that the whole story was propaganda - pushed via the
Bisitun Inscription and copies placed around the empire - to cover the fact that Darius
had murdered the true king, Bardiya
What was the name of the Babylonian rebel leader who Darius captured and killed in
522BCE? And who did he claim his father was? - ANSWERS- Nidintu-Bel
- He claimed his father was Nabonidus
Name the second Babylonian rebel leader who emerged in 521BCE, claiming (just as
had Nidintu-Bel) to be a son of Nabonidus. - ANSWERSArakha
What did Darius do to Nidintu-Bel? - ANSWERSImpaled him along with 49 of his
supporters
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