The brother raised by a she-wolf who Rome is named after
Romulus
What is bronze made from?
Copper and tin
What is known as the oldest living language in the world?
Tamil
What alphabet did the Etruscans adapt into their own?
the Greek alphabet
Name Henry VIII 's first wife
Catherine of Aragon
How many times was Caesar stabbed?
23
When was the Mediterranean Bronze age collapse?
1200 BCE (answers within 100 years are accepted)
Name the now undecipherable ancient language from Minoan Crete
Linear A script or Cretan Hieroglyphs
Cypro-Minoan Syllabary is half-points
Who is the Etruscan god of the sun?
Aplu (Apollo) or Usil (Helios)
Why was Ovid exiled (legal/real reason)
For writing scandalous poetry
For having a relationship with Augustus' daughter, Julia
What was a limitation of Bronze, allowing it to be replaced by iron?
It was difficult to make, as copper and tin were hard to source and trade.
Where is the Proto-Indo-European homeland?
The Pontic-Caspian Steppe
Where did the Etruscans bury their dead?
The Etruscans buried their dead in sarcophagi and then in underground tombs, often elaborately decorated.
Also acceptable is that the Etruscans cremated and buried their dead in urns, also placed in tombs.
How long have I been to this school?
6 years (since Year 6)
Name a Roman Cult
Mithras
Isis
Christanity
What were the widespread consequences of the Bronze age collapse?
Natural disasters such as earthquakes caused the breakdown of civilization in Europe, the Middle East, and the Mediterranean.
This resulted in loss of written languages, abandonment of cities, severing of trade relations as well as widespread loss of life and devastationWhat is the name for a unit of language
a morpheme
What culture did the Etruscans develop out of?
Villanovian culture
What is my middle name?
Charlotte
Who defeated Hannibal?
Scipio
Explain how the Mycenaeans traded with Egypt
Mycenaean trade with Minoan Crete allowed them to access goods from New Kingdom Egypt
What sort of language is PIE
Reconstructed language
Name the last Etruscan King of Rome
Lucius Tarquinius Superbus
Why are Hexagons my favorite shapes?
Because they are the most perimeter material efficient tessellation, they also gain strength under compression