Cambyses' military conquests

Who was the king of Egypt when Cambyses invaded

• Psammenitus

• Croesus

• Smerdis

• Polycrates

What aid did Polycrates of Samos send Cambyses for the invasion of Egypt

• a division of cavalry

• forty triremes

• four talents of gold

• 4000 light-armed troops

Which of these is the reason Herodotus gives for Cambyses' invasion of Egypt?

• To expand the empire, like Cyrus did

• To take control of the grain grown in the Nile flood-plain

• To take revenge on Amasis for avoiding giving him his daughter as wife

• To gain control of Egypt's substantial navy

Why is Pelusium important to the narrative of the Egyptian campaign?

• It was the key battle that Cambyses won

• She was the woman that Amasis sent to Cambyses instead of his daughter

• He was the tyrant of Samos who supported Cambyses

• It was where Cambyses army were marching when they killed by a sandstorm

Which of these was not a people that Cambyses planned to campaign against following the conquest of Egypt

• Carthaginians

• Ethiopians

• Ammonians

• Phoenicians

What prevented Cambyses' army against the Ethiopians from succeeding?

• They were buried in a sandstorm

• The army didn't have the support of the Phoenicians

• The ran out of supplies and resorted to cannibalism

• Cambyses was tricked by his guides

Which of these were positive moves that Cambyses made in his invasion of Egypt? (tick all correct answers)

• He persuaded Phanes, a Greek who knew Egypt well to defect to him

• He allied with desert people to help him supply his army with water

• He allied with Polycrates of Samos to strengthen his navey

• He dug a canal to the Nile for his navy to sail through

The father of Psammenitus was called...

• Amasis

• Phanes

• Bardiya

• Nitetis

For which of the following reasons did some Persians feel that Cambyses was a better king than Cyrus?

• He didn't lose any of Cyrus' empire

• He conquered Egypt

• He gained control of the sea

• He built a better palace than Pasargadae

Which of the following events in or about 526 BC probably triggered Cambyses' invasion of Egypt in 525? (more than one answer)

• The death of the long-standing king of Egypt, Amasis

• A revolt of the ordinary people of Egypt

• A request for an alliance by Polycrates of Samos

• Widespread drought in the Persian empire