Ancient Civilizations
This writing system used wedge-shaped marks and originated in Sumer.
What is cuneiform?
This god was the twin of Artemis.
Who is Apollo?
This empire's capital was Tenochtitlán.
What is the Aztec Empire?
This 1789 event led to the rise of Napoleon.
What is the French Revolution?
In Norse myth, this tree connects the nine realms.
What is Yggdrasil?
The Code of Hammurabi originated in this ancient civilization.
What is Babylon?
This punishment saw a man endlessly pushing a boulder uphill.
Who is Sisyphus?
This empire was known as the “Sick Man of Europe” before collapsing post-WWI.
What is the Ottoman Empire?
This enslaved man led a revolt in 73 BCE that threatened Rome.
threatened Rome.Who is Spartacus?
This Celtic goddess of war often appeared as a crow on the battlefield.
Who is the Morrígan?
This Mesoamerican civilization had a calendar that "predicted" 2012.
Who were the Maya?
She was punished by Hera and turned into a cow.
Who is Io?
This empire stretched from Britain to Persia under Trajan.
What is the Roman Empire?
The failed 1905 revolution occurred in this country.
What is Russia?
In Slavic myth, this witch lives in a hut that stands on chicken legs.
Who is Baba Yaga?
This Aegean Bronze Age civilization was based on the island of Crete.
What is the Minoan civilization?
The Titaness of memory and mother of the Muses.
Who is Mnemosyne?
The Golden Horde was a part of this vast empire.
What is the Mongol Empire?
The Boxer Rebellion was a reaction against foreign influence in this country.
What is China?
This Egyptian god of chaos battled Ra nightly.
Who is Apophis (Apep)?
The Rosetta Stone helped scholars decode this ancient script.
What is Egyptian hieroglyphics?
The Furies, also called the Erinyes, were born from this violent act.
What is the castration of Uranus?
This Persian emperor invaded Greece in 480 BC and lost at Salamis.
Who is Xerxes I?
This 1791–1804 revolt made Haiti the first Black republic.
What is the Haitian Revolution?
In Japanese myth, this deity created the islands of Japan with his sister.
Who is Izanagi?