In this task you will be given a text passage from a trivia quiz. You should choose the category this question belongs to from these categories: History, Science, Social Science, Fine Arts, Literature. You can only choose one category, so if in doubt, please choose the closest match.
Example: In one work this author details the life of a tomb-maker who makes extra money by playing the organ at an insane asylum, while another of his novels sees Swartz give a refugee proper documentation only after he tells him his life story in the title Portuguese city. In addition to The Black Obelisk and The Night in Lisbon, he also wrote about Robert and Otto selling their auto workshop and visiting Patrice in a Swiss tuberculosis sanatorium in his novel The Three Comrades, while the turbulent life of the German surgeon Ravic is told in The Arch of Triumph. Another of his novels, The Road Back, is thought to be a sequel to his most famous book, in which the patriotic teacher Kantorek convinces Paul Bumer and his friends to join the Germany Army during World War I. For 10 points, name this German author who wrote All Quiet on the Western Front.
Example solution: Literature
Example explanation: The text is talking about an author and their works, so it belongs to theliterature category.

Problem: After he deposed Nabonidus, praise of this man was inscribed on his namesake cylinder. Herodotus claims this man was killed by the warrior queen of the Massagetae, and his tomb is located at Pasargadae, his capital. At one point he was attacked by the famously wealthy King Croesus. He maintained a postal system of runners along his Royal Road, and established an elite unit of ten thousand Immortals. He also conquered Medea and Lydia, forming much of an empire that would later be conquered by Alexander the Great. For 10 points, name this ruler who ended the Babylonian Captivity and founded the Achaemenid ("a-kai-men-id") Empire.
Solution: History