Quiz Bowl- Ancient History 50 Questions and Answers

The entire Persian army was held off by a small forest Persia decline slowly from the point forth: correct answer: Thermopylae They do not operate as a unified nation instead each city state had their own unique political and social institutions. Although all shared a common culture and language: correct answer: Ancient Greece Formed in around 800 BC. It was a militaristic Polis with required military service and captured Messenians and Laconian surf called helots: correct answer: Sparta Were democratic and culturally rich going to a size of 300,000 by 500 BC: correct answer: Athens The defense alliance formed by the Greeks to respond to the threat of Persia: correct answer: Delian league Athens and Sparta fought each other in this war named for the Peninsula in where it was fought. Sparta was victorious especially after winning the naval battle: correct answer: Peloponnesian war He was only 20 when he took the throne and 336 BC after his father was assassinated: correct answer: Alexander the Great The first civilizations arose around 3500 BC in modern-day Iraq in this region, known as "the land between the rivers" which is also called the Fertile Crescent: correct answer: Mesopotamia These people establish the earliest see steeds for example Ur, Uruk, Eridu. They were known for their theocratic rule and massive temples called ziggurats: correct answer: The Sumerians The Sumerians also developed one of the world's first writing systems known as: correct answer: Cuneiform By 1800 BC these people ascended briefly to become the dominant civilization in the region they were led by King Hammurabi: correct answer: The Babylonians This was a system of justice for the rule of the Empire a call strict punishments based on social class includes the phrase "an eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth" correct answer: Hammurabi's Code