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1. What ancient fishing settlement in modern Lebanon has become the Arabic word for 'fishery'?

2. Aubrey holes, which contain ancient human remains, are named for John Aubrey, who found them. Where?

3. Nefertiti was a famous Egyptian queen. Who was here famous husband?

4. The last of the Five Good Emperors, whose death while on campaign is depicted at the beginning of 'Gladiator'?

5. Naturally enough, Julius Caesar was born in what month, once called Quintilis?

6. Seljuk appears to have tried Judaism before Sunni Islam. What people where named for him?

7. In 352 BC, Chinese astronomers recorded the earliest known sighting of what?

8. Urban elites in the Hellenistic era spoke an international language called koine, a variation of what language?

9. With an empire reaching from modern-day Turkey to Egypt to Iran, Sargon II divided it up into 70 provinces. What empire was this?

10. What ancient empire built the Royal Road from Susa near the Persian Gulf to Sardis in Lydia near the Aegean?

11. How old was Alexander the Great when he died?

12. The Roman circus wasn’t really a circus. What went on in the Circus Maximus?

13. The Roman province Lusitania was located in which two modern day countries?

14. What was the capital of Assyria at its founding in 745 BC?

15. Who was the first man to inherit the Roman Empire from his own father?

16. In ancient Rome, clepsydras worked by using either the sun or water. What were they for?

17. What Greek word is used to describe the city-state unit?

18. Which written symbol made its earliest known appearance in India in 876 BC?

19. Who was Spartacus?

20. What King of Sparta is said to have been the husband of Helen of Troy?

21. Mesopotamia means 'between the rivers'. Which rivers?

22. What city’s main gate, Processional Way, ran through Ishtar Gate, which was famous for its blue glazed brick?

23. In AD 532, General Belisarius put down riots that threatened to depose Emperor Justinian in what city?

24. The Abu Simbel temple is designed so that, twice a year, the sun shines directly on a statue of Ramses. Where is it?

25. Who was the only Egyptian Pharaoh known to be killed in battle?

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