Lost Empires of the Ancient World

Question 1

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What was the primary building material used in the construction of the Great Wall of China?

Brick

Stone

Earth (Ramied Earth)

Wood

Answer

Julius Caesar

Answer

Alexandria

Answer

Babylonian

Answer

Phoenician

Answer

Tutankhamun

Answer

Cyrus the Great

Answer

Pythagoras

Answer

Heinrich Schliemann

Answer

Howard Carter

Answer

Arthur Evans

Answer

The Odyssey

Question 2

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Who was the first emperor of the Roman Empire?

Caligula

Nero

Augustus

Question 3

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Which ancient civilization built the pyramids?

Egyptian

Chinese

Mayan

Incan

Question 4

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What was the capital city of the Byzantine Empire?

Constantinople

Rome

Athens

Question 5

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Which civilization is credited with inventing the wheel?

Romans

Sumerians

Aztecs

Egyptians

Question 6

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Which civilization used quipu, a system of knotted strings, for recording information?

Olmec

Maya

Aztec

Inca

Question 7

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Which ancient civilization is known for its advanced road systems?

Greek

Persian

Roman

Nubian

Question 8

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Which culture developed a writing system called Linear B?

Minoan

Mycenaean

Question 9

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Which king built the Hanging Gardens, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World?

Nebuchadnezzar II

Hammurabi

Question 10

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Where did the earliest form of writing, cuneiform, originate?

Mesopotamia

China

Egypt

Greece

Question 11

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Which famous philosopher was a student of Socrates?

Aristotle

Epicurus

Plato

Question 12

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Who deciphered the Rosetta Stone?

Jean-François Champollion

Question 13

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The city of Troy is associated with which epic?

Gilgamesh

The Iliad

Ramayana