Who was the richest person of all time?
Mansa Musa (Mali Empire, West Africa). Today, his estimated wealth would be around 400 billion dollars.
Created in the 15th century BC, the oldest object in New York City's Central Park is an obelisk also known as the "needle" of what Ptolemaic Egyptian queen?
Cleopatra
In Ancient Greece, competitive athletes competed in races with what “C” carts, pulled by horses?
Chariot
What was the two-letter name of the Falcon-headed God of the Sun in ancient Egyptian mythology?
Ra
Historians group ancient history into three periods based on metals: the Stone Age, the Bronze Age, and the _______ Age.
Iron
The first weighing scale in the world was invented in which ancient civilization?
Indus Valley (India, Pakistan)
Which ancient civilization invented the ruler?
Indus Valley (India, Pakistan)
Which pre-historic culture invented the first sunglasses?
Inuit tribes in North America (modern-day Alaska and Canada). They used the sunglasses to protect their eyes from snow-blindness.
The oldest temple in the world dates back over 11,000 years. Which country is it located in?
Turkey (Göbeklitepe)
Which ancient Greek physician is known as the "Father of Medicine"?
Hippocrates
Which ancient civilization invented toothpaste and breath mints?
Egyptian toothpaste was made by grinding and mixing up a variety of salt, dried flowers, pepper, ashes, and even eggshells.
What historically important region of western Asia has a name that comes from the Greek for "between rivers," since the region lies between the Tigris and the Euphrates?
Mesopotamia
Scientists would like to bring back to life the woolly kind of which trunked mammal believed to have gone extinct around 1650 B.C.?
Mammoth
El Pilar, located in what is now Belize, and Tikal, in what is now Guatemala, are among the great cities of what ancient Mesoamerican civilization?
Maya
During the Song Dynasty (around the 11th century CE), paper money—called “flying cash”—was invented in which country?
China
Which ancient civilization invented bowling?
Egyptian
Wielded by ancient Roman foot soldiers, what type of weapon is a gladius?
Sword
The Indus Valley civilization was located in between which two modern-day countries?
India and Pakistan
Where was the oldest basketball court in the world found?
Mexico. Pok-a-Tok was an ancient Mayan/Aztec game that used rubber balls and hoops.
About 2,000 years before the Egyptians started using it, the Chinchorro people of Chile came up with which process for preserving their dead?
Mummification
The name of the capital of the Byzantine Empire, Constantinople, is the site of which modern-day city?
Istanbul
The Afrasiab Chessmen is the oldest-known chess set. Which modern-day country was it found in?
Uzbekistan
Sumer (the ancient Mesopotamian civilization) was located in what modern day country?
Iraq