World History to the 16^th Century

Trivia- ANICENT CIVILIZATIONS

Here are clues to some of history's most famous and infamous people. Use your own knowledge, your text, or the help of people in our class to find out who they are. Make sure you use the “KEY BOX” on the last page for names (but watch out- there are some extras!).

____________________ 1. I was a great King of Babylon in 1700 B.C. The oldest law code in existence is credited to me. When it came to justice I believed in an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.

____________________ 2. The greatest of all the pyramids in Egypt was built for me. Over 20,000 of my subjects worked for 20 years to raise my immense tomb.

____________________ 3. History says my reign in Egypt was short and unimportant, but I became world famous when my tomb was discovered in 1922. It contained the greatest treasure find in history. It may also have contained a deadly curse!

____________________ 4. I told the Pharaoh of Egypt, "Let my people go!", but he wouldn't listen. Seven plagues and Ten Commandments later my people were on the road for the Promised Land.

____________________ 5. In the story of the Trojan War, I'm the trickiest of the Greeks. I created the Trojan Horse.

____________________ 6. The Greeks worshiped me as the Goddess of Wisdom. My largest shrine was in the Parthenon on top of the highest hill in Athens where you could find a 30 ft statue of me in gold and ivory.

____________________ 7. I'm the Egyptian princess who enchanted both Julius Caesar and then Marc Antony. Liz Taylor played me in a very bad 1960's movie.

____________________ 8. I was the Great King of the vast Persian Empire but I was defeated three times by a bunch of pesky Greeks.

____________________ 9. I was one of the first philosophers. I questioned everyone and everything to learn the truth but all I got for my troubles was a death sentence in Athens.

____________________ 10. We were the toughest of all the Greeks. 300 of us held off 100,000 Persians for six days at Thermopylae - until the last of us was killed.

____________________ 11. I became king of Macedonia at age 18 when my father was assassinated. Before my death at age 33 I conquered the entire Persian empire and never lost a battle.

____________________ 12. I was the greatest engineer and scientist of the ancient Mediterranean. I investigated hydraulics, the laws of physics, optics, and ballistics. I once ran naked down a road shouting "Eureka" ("I've solved it!").

____________________ 13. I was Rome's greatest general politician, public speaker, patron of the arts, and general. I tried to fix Rome's problems single-handedly but my enemies murdered me.

____________________ 14. I defeated Marc Antony and Cleopatra and restored order to the Roman Empire. In return a grateful Roman Senate declared me to be a god.

____________________ 15. I am famous as the greatest philosopher of ancient China. My writings and sayings became the center of a great religion.

____________________ 16. Rome had many terrible Emperors and I was one of the worst. I helped poison my adopted father and murder my mother. I persecuted Christians, loved gladiator fights, and forced people to listen to my singing and music.

____________________ 17. Under my brutal leadership the Huns tore through the Roman empire around A.D. 400. We really trashed the place. Roman Christians called me the "Scourge of God"

____________________ 18. The civilizations of Aztecs, Mayans and Incas thrived in America, until these European invaders arrived.

____________________ 19. Millions of people today in the Middle East and Asia call me the greatest prophet of God. I wrote our holy book, the Koran, and made my people a great power around A.D. 600.

____________________ 20. Many people consider me a "Holy Barbarian". I used my armies to convert Europe to Christianity. I gave the Franks and Saxons the choice of "Christianity or death"

____________________ 21. I saved France from the English invaders in the Hundred Year's War. I may have only been a young girl but the French believed I was a saint, sent by God to lead them

____________________ 22. Many consider me the greatest sculptor of all time. During the Renaissance I adopted ancient Greek styles to created great works like my "David", "Pieta". I also painted the entire ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican.

____________________ 23. Some people considered me a great hero and others called me the Devil. I believed so strongly in the Bible that I took on the entire Catholic Church and told the Pope he was wrong. I even created a new version of Christianity

____________________ 24. My kingdom of Aquitaine was so rich that the kings of France and England fought to marry me. Eventually I was married to each of them. My sons included Richard the Lionhearted and "bad" King John of England.

____________________ 25. My father did not believe a woman was strong enough to rule England, but I proved him wrong. England had a “golden age” during my long reign.

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Key Box
Use the “KEY BOX” on the below for names (but watch out- there are some extras!).

Alexander the Great Archimedes Athena Atilla Barbarians Charlemagne Cleopatra Confucius Darius Davinci Eleanor Elizabeth I Hammurabi Joan of Arc Johannes Gutenberg

Julius Caesar Khufu (Cheops) Martin Luther Michelangelo Moses Muhammad Nero Pericles Octavian (Augustus) Odysseus Socrates Spanish Spartans Tutankhamen William the Conqueror

BONUS

There are five extra name- list them below and describe their historical importance.