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The Greek World 500–440 BC

ANC-GRW is worth about 25 marks out of 100 in recent HSC Ancient History papers. Practise 12 exam-style questions (multiple choice, short answer) with instant marking and a worked solution for every question.

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The Greek World 500–440 BC — the Ionian Revolt, the Persian Wars, the Delian League and its change into an Athenian empire, Cimon, Ephialtes and Pericles, Athens and Sparta, and the Thirty Years' Peace, with how to write the 25-mark essay.

  1. 1What you need to know
  2. 2Context around 500 BC
  3. 3The Persian Wars
  4. 4From league to empire, 478–446 BC
  5. 5Athens and Sparta
  6. 6Evidence and interpretations
  7. 7Writing the 25-mark essay
  8. 8Common mistakes
  9. 9Exam tips
  10. 10Links to other topics
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Example questions

Example 1 · 1 mark · multiple choice

Who assessed the first tribute of the Delian League in 478/7 BC?

  1. APausanias
  2. BThemistocles
  3. CAristides
  4. DPericles

Example 2 · 1 mark · multiple choice

Why did Darius I regard Athens as an enemy in the years before 490 BC?

  1. AAthens had helped the Ionian rebels burn Sardis
  2. BAthens had sheltered Hippias, the enemy of Darius
  3. CAthens had joined Sparta in an attack on Persia
  4. DAthens had helped Egypt revolt against Persia

Example 3 · 1 mark · multiple choice

Why does Thucydides single out the revolt of Naxos (about 470 BC) in his account of the Delian League?

  1. ANaxos was the first ally to pay money instead of ships
  2. BNaxos was the first island taken from Persian control
  3. CNaxos was the first ally to receive an Athenian cleruchy
  4. DNaxos was the first ally forced back in against its will

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