Ancient Egypt
I was the pharaoh who built the Great Pyramid at Giza.
Who is Khufu?
I was the first emperor of Rome.
Who is Augustus?
I led 300 warriors at Thermopylae against the Persian army.
Who is Leonidas?
My codified laws were among the first in the ancient world, carved on a stone pillar.
Who is King Hammurabi?
I was the ruler of Mali from 1312–1337 CE, making Mali one of the richest kingdoms in Africa.
Who is Mansa Musa?
I was a woman pharaoh who often dressed as a man and wore a beard.
Who is Hatshepsut?
I was appointed dictator for life but was assassinated on the Ides of March.
Who is Julius Caesar?
I wanted to fulfill my father Philip II’s dream of conquering Persia.
Who is Alexander the Great?
Mesopotamia literally means this.
What is “the land between the rivers”?
Salt was so valuable across Africa and the world because of this reason.
What is that it was essential for preserving food and human health?
I ruled for many decades and built many temples and monuments, including Abu Simbel.
Who is Ramses II?
I was part of the Second Triumvirate that fought for power after Caesar’s death.
Who is Marc Antony?
The earliest Greek civilization that lived on Crete was called this.
Who are the Minoans?
Sumerians built temples on high points called these.
What are ziggurats?
Aksum became a major trading empire because it controlled these.
What are trade routes?
I was the last pharaoh of Egypt, from the Greek Ptolemy family line.
Who is Cleopatra?
I allegedly started the fire that burned Rome.
Who is Nero?
The largest palace on Crete, home of the Minoans, was located here.
What is Knossos?
The most important invention from Mesopotamia, which allowed civilizations to record laws and trade, was this.
What is writing?
Christianity spread through the Roman Empire because it promised this to all people.
What is salvation?
For a short period, Egypt attempted the one-god concept, known as the worship of Aton.
What is monotheism?
Roman history is divided into these two main periods.
What are the Republic and the Empire?
The Peloponnesian War was fought between these two city-states.
What are Sparta and Athens?
Hammurabi’s Code was written in this language.
What is cuneiform?
Muslim scholar Al-Khwarizmi founded this mathematical discipline.
What is algebra?