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Round 1
Mesopotamian Giants
$200
Known as the King of the Four Corners, he founded the Akkadian Empire.
$400
He was the Old Babylonian ruler who codified a harsh legal system on a basalt stele.
$600
He was the Assyrian ruler who established a vast library of clay tablets at Nineveh.
$800
This Neo-Babylonian monarch ordered the construction of the famous hanging gardens.
$1000
This legendary king of Uruk sought immortality after the death of his companion Enkidu.
Roman Expansion
$200
This battle in 31 BCE saw Octavian defeat Mark Antony and Cleopatra.
$400
The annexation of this region in Gaul was documented extensively by Julius Caesar.
$600
This Carthaginian general famously crossed the Alps with elephants to invade Italy.
$800
These three wars fought against Carthage established Roman dominance in the Mediterranean.
$1000
He served as the final king of Rome before the transition to a Republic.
Ancient Wonders
$200
This massive stone structure on the Giza plateau served as a tomb for Khufu.
$400
This colossal statue of Helios once stood over the harbor entrance on a Greek island.
$600
Built for King Mausolus, this monumental tomb in Halicarnassus defines a style of architecture.
$800
Created by Phidias, this giant seated figure of gold and ivory resided in a temple at Olympia.
$1000
This towering structure on the island of Pharos utilized a massive fire to guide mariners.
Greek Philosophers
$200
A student of Socrates who founded the Academy and wrote The Republic.
$400
Founder of the Lyceum, he tutored Alexander the Great and explored logic and biology.
$600
This Cynic philosopher was known for living in a ceramic jar in the marketplace.
$800
He was the teacher of Plato and championed the method of constant questioning.
$1000
He believed that the universe was fundamentally composed of numbers and mathematical ratios.
Pharaonic Rule
$200
This ruler of the Old Kingdom commissioned the building of the Great Sphinx.
$400
He was the boy king whose intact tomb was discovered by Howard Carter in 1922.
$600
He attempted to shift Egypt to monotheism by worshiping the sun disk known as Aten.
$800
This female pharaoh ruled during the 18th Dynasty and famously wore a false beard.
$1000
This pharaoh fought the Hittites at the Battle of Kadesh and signed the first known peace treaty.
Persian Might
$200
This last Achaemenid ruler was defeated by Alexander the Great at Gaugamela.
$400
This Persian leader expanded the empire into Egypt and parts of Europe.
$600
Known as the King of Kings, he oversaw the construction of Persepolis.
$800
He led the second Persian invasion of Greece and suffered defeat at Salamis.
$1000
He founded the Achaemenid Empire by overthrowing the Medes.
Double Jeopardy
Mesopotamian Giants
$400
The goddess Ishtar was the patron deity of this ancient city-state.
$800
The Epic of Atrahasis chronicles the story of the great flood from this Sumerian perspective.
$1200
This city served as the religious center for the Kassite dynasty for over four centuries.
$1600
This Mesopotamian king was deified and reportedly reigned for 28,000 years according to the royal list.
$2000
He was the ruler of Larsa who attempted to unify the southern regions before Hammurabi's rise.
Roman Expansion
$400
He served as the primary advisor to Augustus and patron of Roman poets like Horace.
$800
The defeat of the Roman legions here in 9 CE halted the expansion into Germanic territory.
$1200
This triumvir was responsible for the conquest of the Levant and parts of the Parthian border.
$1600
This law code from 450 BCE represented the earliest written attempt to codify Roman legal rights.
$2000
He was the first Roman general to march his army into the city to seize control by force.
Ancient Wonders
$400
This lost wonder was a marble-clad tomb dedicated to a Satrap of the Persian Empire.
$800
This temple was rebuilt seven times and stood as the largest structure in Ephesus.
$1200
These structures in Babylon were covered in blue glazed bricks and depicted dragons and bulls.
$1600
This garden complex featured a hydraulic system to pump water to elevated terraces.
$2000
Often excluded from the classical list of seven, this massive Roman amphitheater in the heart of the capital held gladiatorial contests and public spectacles.
Greek Philosophers
$400
This Sophist claimed that man is the measure of all things regarding existence.
$800
This thinker argued that everything in the universe is in a constant state of flux.
$1200
He was the founder of the Epicurean school, emphasizing the avoidance of physical pain.
$1600
He argued that the world was comprised of tiny, indivisible particles called atoms.
$2000
He pioneered the school of Stoicism in Athens after surviving a shipwreck.
Pharaonic Rule
$400
This pharaoh is credited with the construction of the Step Pyramid at Saqqara.
$800
She served as the last active ruler of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt.
$1200
This capital city was built by Akhenaten as a center for the worship of the Aten.
$1600
He was the general who declared himself pharaoh after the death of Tutankhamun.
$2000
Carved into the inner walls of the Karnak Temple of Amun, these hieroglyphic records detail the military campaigns, strategies, and plunder captured during the 18th Dynasty.
Persian Might
$400
The Zoroastrian concept of truth and cosmic order is known by this name.
$800
The system of provincial governors established by Darius I were known by this title.
$1200
The Persian military elite known for their consistency in number were called this.
$1600
He was the brother of Artaxerxes II who led a mercenary army of Greeks against him.
$2000
Developed as a massive infrastructure project by Darius the Great, this 1,600-mile artery linked Susa to Sardis, enabling couriers to traverse the empire in record time.
Final Jeopardy · Classical Diplomacy
This ancient maritime league was initially formed to protect Greek city-states against Persia but evolved into an Athenian empire.
