Ancient civilisations
The world's oldest civilization started at 12000 BCE
What is the mesopotamia civilisation
The oldest religion in the world
What is hinduism
The Terracotta Army was discovered in the tomb of this Chinese emperor
Who is Qin Shi Huang
The Roman general that led the conquest of Gaul.
Who is Julius Caesar
In the Aztec civilisation, prisoners of war were treated as.
Why were they treated as religious sacrifices
China’s terracotta army depicts the soldiers of what emperor?
Who is Qin Shi Huang
The events that lead to the decline and disappearance of the Egyptian Religion
What is the Roman conquest? Why did Egyptians start converting to christianity? Why did the process of mummification stop? How did the ancient Egyptian religion disappear by 530 AD?
The Alexander Mosaic, depicting a battle between Alexander the Great and Darius III, was found in the ruins of this ancient city?
Where is Pompeii
The name of the war where the Greek city-states of Athens and Sparta fought against each other, lasting from 431 to 404 BCE.
What is the Peloponnesian war
A form of punihsment that involved the victim being impaled by a sharp stake, often at the abdomen, with the stake would then be raised upright, and the victim would be left to die painfully and slowly.
What is involved in impalement as punishment?
The temple of Edfu, dedicated to the god Horus is located where?
Where is Edfu?
The four elements of the Aztec belief
What id The Fire (Huehueteotl) , Water (Tlaloc), Air (Ehecatl), Earth (Tlalnantzin)?
The civilisation which is credited to inventing the wheel?
Where is Mesopotamia / Lower mesopotamia
During this war, the Battle of Cannae occurred, resulting in a significant defeat for the Roman Republic.
What is the Second Punic War
Amputation was used as a punishment in the Mughal Empire
Why was amputation a punishment for Theft or robbery
What was the name of the war fought between Athens and Sparta in the 5th century BCE?
What is the Peloponnesian war
The Greek god known as the Earth - Shaker’ and also the god of horses
Who is Poseidon
The civilisation that’s known for creating the Moai statues on Easter Island.
Who are the Rapa Nui
This war saw the famous siege and subsequent fall of Jerusalem in 70 AD
What is the First Jewish - Roman war
In Ancient Greece, the torture device , brazen bull
Why was the Brazen Bull an ancient Greek torture device? Why was it hollow? Why were the victims placed inside and roasted to death as a fire was set underneath?
Which Roman emperor is infamous for supposedly playing the lyre while Rome burned?
Who is Emperor Nero
In Hindu mythology, the god of fire and is often invoked during sacrificial rituals
Who is Agni?
The name of the ancient Mesopotamian artefact that contains one of the earliest known sets of laws
What is the code of Hammurabi
In this battle, Alexander the Great defeated the Persian king Darius III, leading to the fall of the Achaemenid Empire.
What is the Battle of Gaugamela
Egyptian torture method, strappado
Why did it involve binding the hands of the accused behind their back and then hoisting them up by a rope tied to their wrists. Why did this cause extreme pain and often dislocate the shoulders?