Ancient History I

Cuneiform is one of the oldest instances of what?

According to the New Testament, Akeldama is a plot of land purchased with Judas Iscariot's 30 pieces of silver and became his final resting place. What is this field known as?

Which system of laws states that: "to make justice visible in the land, to destroy the wicked person and the evil-doer, that the strong might not injure the weak."?

The Xia Dynasty was overthrown by which figure who became the first king of the Shang Dynasty?

King Amenhotep IV (Akhenaten) became the first pharaoh to embrace monotheism. Which god did this worship center around?

The First Punic War was held during 264–241 BC between which groups?

The Great Sphinx of Giza is generally believed to be a representation of which ruler?

Mesopotamia falls between which two rivers?

Mesopotamia largely occupied a country known as what today?

Philip II of Macedonia came to conquer most of what region?

The founding of Carthage was said to be the result of Princess Elyssa fleeing her brother the king of Tyre. Who was this figure?

Britannia was fortified by the Roman Wall; what else is this structure known as?

Sargon the Great, is known as the first person to rule over an empire. Which empire did he oversee?

Phoenicians were known for what major export?

Which war between Athens and Sparta ended in the signing of the Peace of Nicias?
