Ancient civilisations trivia

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• Which insect did the ancient Egyptians treat as a symbol of rebirth and the sun, making many amulets in its shape?Ancient civilisations
• In which present-day country did most of the centers of Mesopotamian civilization lie?Ancient civilisations
• Of the four great ancient civilizations, along which river did Chinese civilization arise?Ancient civilisations
• Which New Kingdom pharaoh of Egypt had the Abu Simbel temples cut into a rock cliff in Nubia?Ancient civilisations
• Which European country brought down the Aztec Empire and then the Inca Empire in the 16th century?Ancient civilisations
• In which present-day country did the Aztec civilization flourish?Ancient civilisations
• Which ancient people, famed for Mediterranean trade, founded Carthage in North Africa?Ancient civilisations
• In which present-day country do the two best-known city sites of the Indus civilization both lie?Ancient civilisations
• Which ancient civilization made and used a solar calendar with a 365-day year?Ancient civilisations
• Mesopotamia was enclosed by desert and sea, so invasions from outside were rare.Ancient civilisations
• Achaemenid Persia forced the peoples it conquered to follow the Persian religion.Ancient civilisations
• Which ancient law code is well known for the principle of retaliation, 'an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth'?Ancient civilisations
• The four great ancient civilizations arose as people began to use iron tools.Ancient civilisations
• The heartland of the ancient Persian Empire lay in what is now Iran.Ancient civilisations
• The four great ancient civilizations all arose in the valleys of large rivers.Ancient civilisations
• In ancient Egypt, cats were regarded as sacred animals.Ancient civilisations
• The pharaoh of ancient Egypt was a leader chosen by the people in a vote.Ancient civilisations
• The Great Pyramid of Giza is the oldest of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.Ancient civilisations
• Assyria is counted as the first state to unite the whole of the ancient Near East.Ancient civilisations
• The Zhou dynasty ran its realm through the commandery-county system, in which the king sent officials to govern the provinces directly.Ancient civilisations
• Which king of Achaemenid Persia built up the Royal Road?Ancient civilisations
• Which king of the Maurya dynasty supported Buddhism after the Kalinga War?Ancient civilisations
• What title was given to the king of ancient Egypt?Ancient civilisations
• In which country is the Great Wall?Ancient civilisations
• Which country did the king who made the Code of Hammurabi rule?Ancient civilisations
• Which two rivers gave rise to Mesopotamian civilization?Ancient civilisations
• Which enormous stone structure was built in ancient Egypt as a king's tomb?Ancient civilisations
• What material was cuneiform mainly written on in Mesopotamia?Ancient civilisations
• Which pharaoh is known to have raised the Great Pyramid of Giza?Ancient civilisations
• Which planned-city site of the Indus civilization was excavated on the lower Indus?Ancient civilisations
• King Ashoka was a ruler of the Maurya dynasty.Ancient civilisations
• The oracle bone script of Shang China was carved onto turtle shells and animal bones.Ancient civilisations
• The Persian Empire built up the Royal Road in order to govern its wide territory.Ancient civilisations
• Ancient Egyptian civilization grew up along the Tigris.Ancient civilisations
• The pyramids of ancient Egypt were built mainly as storehouses for grain.Ancient civilisations
• Mesopotamian civilization grew up between the Nile and the Indus.Ancient civilisations
• Hieroglyphs were the writing system used in ancient Egypt.Ancient civilisations
• The Code of Hammurabi is a law code of ancient Babylonia.Ancient civilisations
• The cities of the Indus civilization grew up without order, having neither roads nor drainage.Ancient civilisations
• The Phoenicians created and spread a system of meaning-signs like Chinese characters, in which one sign carries one meaning.Ancient civilisations