History
The “Ancient civilisations” quiz — History. It has 25 questions in five categories: Ancient cities, Ancient scripts, Laws and rulers, Battles and treaties, Gods and cults. Questions get harder as the points go up, from 100 to 500.
The 100- and 200-point questions are open here. The rest show only their first words, and there are no answers: all of that is in the game itself.
Which Mesopotamian city was famed for its blue Ishtar Gate and legendary Hanging Gardens?
Which Indus Valley city in modern Pakistan is renowned for its brick Great Bath?
Which ceremonial capital of…
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In the gameInscriptions on which stone enabled Jean-François Champollion to decipher ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs?
Which seafaring people developed the phonetic alphabet that became the ancestor of Greek and Latin scripts?
Which Chinese dynasty of…
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Which ruler of ancient Mesopotamia created a law code on a black stone stele based on an eye for an eye?
Which Maurya emperor embraced Buddhism after the Kalinga War and carved moral edicts on stone pillars?
Which 7th-century BC Athenian…
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In the gameWhich Sumerian king of…
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At which mountain pass did King Leonidas and 300 Spartans hold off the Persian army in 480 BC?
After a battle near which Syrian city did Ramesses II and the Hittites conclude the earliest known peace treaty?
In which 216 BC…
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In the gameWhich ancient Egyptian god of mummification and the afterlife was depicted with the head of a jackal?
What was the title of the high priestess of Apollo at Delphi who delivered prophecies from a bronze tripod?
Which deity of wisdom…
In the gameWhich secret annual religious…
In the gameWhich goddess of chaotic…
In the gameAll 25 questions and the answers are in the game. Invite your class or friends with a link — guests need no account.