Ancient Greece
Hercules gained redemption for this crime by performing 12 impossible feats of strength.
What is murdered his wife and children?
Spartacus was punished with slavery for desertion and became this, before leading a massive slave rebellion that almost escaped/toppled the Roman Empire.
What is a gladiator?
The Great Pyramid at Giza was built during this one of the three ages of Ancient Egypt.
What is the Old Kingdom?
The Ancient World went from the Neolithic Period (also known as this Age) to the Bronze Age (named after the mixture of copper and tin) to the end of the Iron Age.
What is the Stone Age?
The Oracle at Delphi was chosen from among adolescent girls and trained to interpret visions sent by the god Apollo and thus had to rely on cryptic these to speak their prophecies.
What are riddles?
Julius Caesar was sent to the western regions of the Empire as a Governor over a portion of modern-day France, known in his time as...
What is Gaul?
Here there was a great temple to the gods of Olympus, and as its centerpiece was a 41 foot tall statue to Zeus.
Where is Olympia?
Humans appear in the fossil record about 200,000 years ago on this continent.
What is Africa?
He was the famous King of Sparta, which was dedicated to the god Ares and dedicated themselves to the study and perfection of strength and war.
Who is Leonides?
Of all their enemies, Carthage, Persia, and various European tribes, the Romans feared these peoples more than any other.
Who are the Germanic Tribes?
Alexandria could boast of two great wonders of the world. A massive library built under the orders of Alexander the Great, and a great this that stands at its port.
What is a lighthouse?
What is 10?
This man once said that he "must be the wisest man in the world, because I'm the only one who accepts that he is a fool."
Who is Socrates?
It is believed that the trade with Ancient China was well established by the time of Ancient Rome, due to this cloth being found throughout the Ancient world after its discovery.
What is Silk?
He built the Hanging Gardens as a gift for his wife, who despised the desert and arid environs around the city of Babylon.
Who is Nebuchadnezzar II?
Rivers, providing rich soil and fresh water for drinking and irrigation, are probably the main requirement for this innovation. Ancient Mesopotamia had two rivers!
What is civilization?
Alexander the Great's father ruled over this great Greek kingdom and sought to rule over the entirety of Greece, and when he died, his son tried to take over the world.
What is Macedonia?
Caesar Augustus ordered a great Temple be built outside his palace to Jupiter the Best and Greatest, or this in Latin.
What is Jupiter Optimus Maximus?
The Colossus acted as a great gate for this port city in the Mediterranean.
What is Rhodes?
The Steel Age is achieved during the Roman Empire, as well as a bit earlier in Ancient Asia, where Japanese katanas were made from this kind of steel.
What is folded steel?