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Ancient History Jeopardy

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Mesopotamian Giants

$200This legendary king of Uruk sought immortality after the death of his companion Enkidu.
$400He was the Old Babylonian ruler who codified a harsh legal system on a basalt stele.
$600Known as the King of the Four Corners, he founded the Akkadian Empire.
$800This Neo-Babylonian monarch ordered the construction of the famous hanging gardens.
$1000He was the Assyrian ruler who established a vast library of clay tablets at Nineveh.

Roman Expansion

$200These three wars fought against Carthage established Roman dominance in the Mediterranean.
$400This Carthaginian general famously crossed the Alps with elephants to invade Italy.
$600This battle in 31 BCE saw Octavian defeat Mark Antony and Cleopatra.
$800He served as the final king of Rome before the transition to a Republic.
$1000The annexation of this region in Gaul was documented extensively by Julius Caesar.

Ancient Wonders

$200This massive stone structure on the Giza plateau served as a tomb for Khufu.
$400This colossal statue of Helios once stood over the harbor entrance on a Greek island.
$600Built for King Mausolus, this monumental tomb in Halicarnassus defines a style of architecture.
$800This towering structure on the island of Pharos utilized a massive fire to guide mariners.
$1000Created by Phidias, this giant seated figure of gold and ivory resided in a temple at Olympia.

Greek Philosophers

$200He was the teacher of Plato and championed the method of constant questioning.
$400Founder of the Lyceum, he tutored Alexander the Great and explored logic and biology.
$600A student of Socrates who founded the Academy and wrote The Republic.
$800This Cynic philosopher was known for living in a ceramic jar in the marketplace.
$1000He believed that the universe was fundamentally composed of numbers and mathematical ratios.

Pharaonic Rule

$200This female pharaoh ruled during the 18th Dynasty and famously wore a false beard.
$400He was the boy king whose intact tomb was discovered by Howard Carter in 1922.
$600This pharaoh fought the Hittites at the Battle of Kadesh and signed the first known peace treaty.
$800He attempted to shift Egypt to monotheism by worshiping the sun disk known as Aten.
$1000This ruler of the Old Kingdom commissioned the building of the Great Sphinx.

Persian Might

$200He founded the Achaemenid Empire by overthrowing the Medes.
$400This Persian leader expanded the empire into Egypt and parts of Europe.
$600Known as the King of Kings, he oversaw the construction of Persepolis.
$800He led the second Persian invasion of Greece and suffered defeat at Salamis.
$1000This last Achaemenid ruler was defeated by Alexander the Great at Gaugamela.