Master Obscure Ancient History: Intense Quiz

Intense drill into forgotten facets of ancient civilizations, testing grasp of precise rulers, artifacts, and doctrines.

#Sumerian laws#Achaemenid empire#Behistun rock#Ur III#Olmec basalt#Mandate Heaven#Linear B#Hittite kings

Total Questions

7

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hard

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Quiz Questions

Answer all questions below and test your knowledge.

1
Which Sumerian king issued the earliest surviving legal code circa 2100 BC?
Question 1
2
Which Hittite ruler negotiated the earliest known peace treaty with Egyptian pharaoh Ramses II?
Question 2
3
Michael Ventris's decipherment identified Linear B script as Mycenaean:
Question 3
4
The concept of the Mandate of Heaven was first detailed in which foundational Zhou text?
Question 4
5
Olmec colossal heads were chiefly sculpted from transported blocks of:
Question 5
6
Who established the Neo-Sumerian Empire, or Ur III dynasty, around 2112 BC?
Question 6
7
The multilingual Behistun Inscription, aiding cuneiform decipherment, was commissioned by:
Question 7