Ancient Civilizations

What this quiz asks

• Which civilization built the mountain citadel of Machu Picchu?
• The Code of Hammurabi was issued by the king of which city?
• The Great Pyramid of Giza is the only one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World still largely standing.
• Which writing system did the Rosetta Stone help scholars finally decipher?
• Select ALL of these cultures that were centred in Mesopotamia.
• Which Roman town was buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79?
• Mohenjo-daro was a major city of which ancient civilization?
• Did Cleopatra VII belong to a Greek-speaking dynasty rather than a native Egyptian one?
• Which Assyrian capital held the great library assembled by King Ashurbanipal?
• The Parthenon was built on the acropolis of which ancient Greek city?
• Which people are credited with cuneiform, the earliest known writing system?
• Which empire did Cyrus the Great found in the sixth century BC?
• The Terracotta Army was buried beside the tomb of which ruler?
• Which Cretan script has still never been deciphered?
• Petra, the city carved into rose-coloured rock, was the capital of which people?
• The Colosseum in Rome was built mainly as a track for chariot racing.
• The Olmec are usually described as the earliest major civilization of Mesoamerica.
• Was the Great Sphinx of Giza carved out of a single mass of natural limestone bedrock?
• Select ALL of these that were ancient Greek city-states.
• Select ALL of these civilizations that flourished in Mesoamerica.