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1
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Astronomical site in Britain c. 1800 B.C.

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Stonehenge

2
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Sparta and Athens war starting 431 B.C.

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Peloponnesian War

3
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Religion founded by Lao Tzu 520 B.C.

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Taoism

4
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Counting table built by Chinese 550 B.C.

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Abacus

5
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Settlers of central Italy 550 B.C.

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Etruscans

6
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Legal law giver to Athens 621 B.C.

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Draco

7
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Games started in Greece 776 B.C.

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Olympics

8
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Ancient stone building Indians of Central America c. 1000 B.C.

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Olmecs

9
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Greek war in Asia Minor c. 1260 B.C.

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Trojan War

10
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Civilization of Crete

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Minoan

11
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Ancient mariners from Tyre

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Phoenicians (founded Carthage)

12
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He created Hanging Gardens of Babylon

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Nebuchadnezzar II

13
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Riddle Alexander solved

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Gordian Knot

14
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Indo-European people of Turkey c. 1900 B.C.

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Hitttites

15
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Construction project in Egypt c. 2600 B.C.

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Great Pyramid of Cheops

16
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Ancient Mesopotamian City

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Babylon (on Euphrates River)

17
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Ancient City of Asia Minor

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Troy

18
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Ancient City of Crete

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Knossos

19
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Capital of the Assyrian Empire

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Nineveh

20
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Ancient Empire of the Tigris River Valley

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Assyrian Empire

21
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Ancient Sicilian City

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Syracuse

22
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Ancient North African City

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Carthage

23
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Ancient Sumerian City

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Ur

24
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Legal Code giver of Babylon c. 1780 B.C.

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Hammurabi

25
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Ancient Egyptian obelisk

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Celopatra’s Needle

26
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Original location of Elgin Marbles

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Parthenon

27
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Artifact that was key to decipherment of Egyptian heiroglyphics

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Rosetta Stone

28
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Man-made relic

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Artifact

29
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Ancient Japanese warrior

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Samurai (those who serve)

30
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Ancient land “between two rivers”

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Mesopotamia

31
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Hittite or Sumerian wedge-shaped form of writing

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Cuneiform

32
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Ancient people of Tigris-Euphrates region

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Sumerian

33
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Anient capital of Laconia

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Sparta

34
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Persian throne

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Peacock throne

35
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Empire of Darius and Xerxes

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Persian Empire

36
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Central Asia caravan route c 110 B.C.

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Silk Road

37
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King of Macedonia 336 B.C.

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Alexander the Great

38
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Ikhnaton’s wife

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Nefertiti

39
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Alexander’s Father

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Philip of Macedonia

40
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Ancient Egyptian capitals

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Memphis; Thebes

41
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Ancient Egyptian book found in tombs

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Book of the dead

42
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Egyptians who ruled from 323 to 30 B.C.

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The Ptolemies

43
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Hannibal’s father

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Hamilcar

44
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Carthaginian who invaded Italy 218 B.C.

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Hannibal

45
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Ancient Egyptian “City of the Sun”

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Heliopolis

46
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Greek center of the world

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Oracle at Delphi

47
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Rome-Carthage wars starting 264 B.C.

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Punic Wars

48
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Site of great library c. 290 B.C.

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Alexandria

49
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Modern location of Ur and Palmyra

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Syria

50
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Egyptian insect talisman

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Scarab (beetle)

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