The Ancient World
The hunk of rock that decoded hieroglyphics.
What is the Rosetta Stone?
The greatest Greek conqueror
Who was Alexander the Great?
The author/general/politician who risked all by crossing the Rubicon River
Who was Julius Caesar?
The greatest polymath (all-around genius) of the Renaissance
Who was Leonardo da Vinci?
"First in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen."
Who was George Washington?
This veteran of WWII became the first Catholic president of the US
Who was John F. Kennedy?
The inventors of the world's first alphabet.
Who were the Phoenicians?
The warrior kingdom
What was Sparta?
The North African empire that fought Rome to the death
What was the Carthaginian Empire?
This tomb, constructed by a Mughal emperor, is arguably the most famous building in the world
What is the Taj Mahal?
The best real estate deal in history
What was the Louisiana Purchase?
Who was Franklin Delano Roosevelt?
The author of the world's first organized code of written laws
Who was Hammurabi?
The site of a huge Greek victory over the Persians, 26.2 miles from Athens
What are the Plains of Marathon?
His deathbed conversion helped change Rome from a pagan empire to a Christian realm
Who was Constantine?
The system that determined a person's powers, duties, and obligations in medieval Europe
What was feudalism?
The Great Emancipator
Who was Abraham Lincoln?
The first man on the moon
Who was Neil Armstrong?
The mythical master riddler of Ancient Egypt
What was the Sphinx?
The man who "knew nothing"
Who was Socrates?
The emperor whose reign began the long period of peace called the Pax Romana
Who was Augustus Caesar?
He bravely "paid with his head" for putting his loyalty to God ahead of his loyalty to King Henry VIII
Who was Saint Thomas More?
This penniless (but brilliant) immigrant grew up to set the newborn USA on a solid financial footing
Who was Alexander Hamilton?
Invented in the US in 1947, it made the world we live in today possible
What is the transistor?
The world's first Emperor
Who was Sargon?
The helmet-wearing politician of the Golden Age of Athens
Who was Pericles?
The ruler of Rome for hundreds of years after the king Tarquinius Superbus was forced off the throne
What was the Roman Republic?
This medieval French heroine said, "All battles are first won or lost in the mind."
Who was Joan of Arc?
This kinetic conflict added over half a million square miles of land to the US
What was the Mexican-American War?
Its destruction resulted in the annexation of Puerto Rico by the US
What was the battleship USS Maine?