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The ancient world is well worth knowing about, if only to learn about how our remote ancestors lived and what they believed. The fascination of ancient history is that much of it is swathed in mystery – written records are often scanty and we have to depend on the buildings and artefacts that ancient civilizations left behind in order to gain knowledge about them. So – what do you know? Here is a quiz to test your knowledge!
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Question of
What was the city that gave its name to the Greek civilization that existed between roughly 1600 and 1100 BC?
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Athens
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Troy
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Mycenae
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Sparta
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Nineveh was the capital of which ancient empire?
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Assyrian
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Hittite
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Parthian
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Egyptian
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Where was the Pharos Lighthouse, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, completed in 275 BC?
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Rome
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Alexandria
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Tyre
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Knossos
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In which modern country were the Olmec and the Mayan the two earliest recorded civilizations?
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Peru
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Canada
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Bolivia
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Mexico
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Question of
In which country would you find an army of terracotta warriors dating from around 250 BC?
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Japan
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China
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India
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Indonesia
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Question of
Which people occupied the area of Canaan around 1100 BC and were often at war with the early Kingdom of Israel?
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Philistines
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Babylonians
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Hittites
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Assyrians
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Gilgamesh is the great epic poem of which ancient culture?
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Hebrew
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Macedonian
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Sumerian
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Persian
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Question of
The Inca fortress of Machu Picchu is in which modern country?
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Bolivia
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Chile
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Brazil
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Peru
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Question of
The Minoan civilization was centred on which island in the Mediterraean Sea?
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Cyprus
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Crete
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Malta
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Sicily
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Question of
Which civilization was brought down by the Spanish Conquistadores led by Hernan Cortes?
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Inca
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Aztec
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Olmec
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Carib
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Got 9 out of 10. Not so bad for an old gal like me who forgets where she put her watch or her wallet or pen etc. Loved the quiz. Sorry I did it so late.
If I had done a quiz like this my son would have said that I owed my good score to having been there at the time!
I used guessing most of the times and still got 8 =D
Enjoyed this look at history.
You got 8 out of 10 right!
Great
You got 4 out of 10 right!
Could be better
I wasn’t expecting much. But I can’t resist. My only knowledge of ancient civilization were learned from the game Civilization. Hehe
You got 8 out of 10 right!
Great
With the way Brexit is going, the UK will soon be on this quiz.
i enjoyed the quiz and i got 8 right
Loved the quiz. I got 7 right, missed one I should have gotten. What a great quiz!
Thanks, Doc! 7 out of 10 is not bad – although 8 would indeed have been better!
yeah and the funny thing is I knew the right answer, and second guessed myself into picking the wrong one.