Answer the following about fragmentary historical sources from the 7th century BCE, for 10 points each:
[10h] A poem by Archilochus (“ar-KIL-uh-kus”) mentions this region’s “warlike lords”, referencing a war that lacks detailed contemporary accounts. Greek cities from both sides of the Aegean took part as allies in the Lelantine War between Chalcis (“KAL-kis”) and Eretria (“eh-REH-tree-ah”) in this region.
ANSWER: Euboea (“you-BEE-uh”) [or Eúboia; accept Evia]
[10e] A tablet from the Library of Ashurbanipal describes this empire’s conquest of Azekah, whose walls “rivalled the highest mountains”. This empire’s ruler Sennacherib campaigned against Hezekiah, king of Judah.
ANSWER: Neo-Assyrian Empire [or Assyria, or māt Aššur]
[10m] Early contracts from El-Hiba in this script indicate the influence of the “vizier and the judges” in Middle Egypt during Psamtik I’s reign. This script’s Middle form was later used in the early Ptolemaic period.
ANSWER: Demotic script [accept dēmotikós or Enchorial Egyptian]