Ancient Civilizations Trivia
From Roman concrete to King Tut's golden mask, prove you're more than just a relic of the modern world.
EXAMPLE QUESTIONS
To manage the unpredictable Tigris and Euphrates rivers, which complex engineering system did the Sumerians develop to transform arid desert into fertile farmland?
Irrigation
By moving beyond complex scripts used only by royals and priests, the simplicity of the Phoenician alphabet made literacy accessible to which broad group of people?
Commoners
To prevent Cronus from devouring his youngest son Zeus, what did Rhea wrap in swaddling clothes and trick him into swallowing instead?
A stone
Which defensive barrier did Emperor Septimius Severus famously repair and reinforce during his bloody British campaign in the early 3rd century?
Hadrian's Wall
While Egyptian pyramids served as monumental tombs, Mesopotamia's stepped ziggurats were instead constructed to serve as homes for what?
The gods