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| What volcano erupted and buried Pompeii in ash? | |
| What is the term for an image destroyer? | |
| Who wrote the 'Illiad' and the 'Odyssey'? | |
| Name the highway that linked China to the Roman world. | |
| The Batte of Salamis was a great defeat for the ________ navy. | |
| Mansa Musa founded what African empire? | |
| What great ruler united the Medes and Persians to begin the Persian Empire? | |
| The world's first civilization was developed by what people group? | |
| What is the term for rule by a select few? | |
| Who was mudered on the Ides of March in 44 B.C.? | |
| The famous Greek, Hippocrates, was know for being what? | |
| What is the term for a Roman criminal forced to fight in a public show? | |
| What were the wars between Rome and Carthange called? | |
| Name one of the two important rivers that make up the Fertile Crescent. | |
| Name the other. | |
| What is the term for the era of peace and prosperity within the Roman Empire? | |
| What is the term for the common people of Rome? | |
| Which Assyrian king built the world's first great library? | |
| Who was the greatest of the Byzantine rulers who, along with his wife Theodora, codified the laws of the empire? | |
| What people group, living on the island of Crete, developed a highly skilled early civilization? | |
| What ruler established the Old Babylonian Empire? | |
| Which great Greek philosopher was the tutor to Alexander the Great? | |
| What is the term for rule by the many or the common people? | |
| What were the huge temples built by the ancient Sumerians called? | |
| Which Roman defeated his rival Antony at the Battle of Actium? | |
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