Etemenanki was a ziggurat constructed in this city that was home to the arched blue Ishtar Gate.

A set of remains decorated with aurochs and blue bricks that was relocated from this city was reconstructed in the Pergamon Museum in Berlin.

This city was conquered by the Persians after Nabonidus lost the Battle of Opis.

Esarhaddon rebuilt this city after the assassination of his father who supposedly had it sacked and razed, Sennacherib.

A now-ruined building in this city named Etemenanki may have been destroyed by Sennacherib.

Robert Koldewey excavated a structure in this city that contained reliefs of lions, aurochs, and dragon-like mušḫuššu.

This city began as a small Akkadian settlement and grew under the Amorite dynasty in the 18th century BC.

A ruler of this city, who won the Battle of Carchemish, destroyed the First Temple during a siege of Jerusalem that marked the beginning of a “Captivity” named for this city.

An ancient wonder in this city was dedicated to Queen Amytis.

In 323 BC, this city was where Alexander the Great met his death.

The Ishtar Gate was commissioned by this city’s king Nebuchadnezzar II, who deported Jews in this city’s namesake Captivity.

A 7th and 6th century BC empire based in this city grew under Nabopolassar and ended when Nabondius was defeated by Cyrus the Great.

Home to the Hanging Gardens, name this Mesopotamian city-state whose most famous ruler promulgated the Code of Hammurabi.

A famous law code was written by this city’s ruler Hammurabi. name this ancient Mesopotamian city that shares its name with an empire.

Nebuchadnezzar II ruled from this Iraqi city that legendarily housed the Hanging Gardens.

Region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, in the eastern part of the Fertile Crescent in modern Iraq.

Region, whose name is Greek for “land between the rivers,” where Babylon grew.

Assyria and Babylonia were ancient empires in this Middle Eastern region between the Tigris and Euphrates [yoo-FRAY-tees] Rivers. The Epic of Gilgamesh chronicles a hero-king from this region.

The Sumerians and Babylonians flourished in this region with a Greek name. This region in the “fertile crescent” was a center of early agriculture, since the plow was invented here.

Alexander the Great marched into this area, where the Battle of Gaugamela took place. This area, whose name means “land between rivers,” is home to the Tigris and the Euphrates.

Sargon’s Akkadian dynasty ruled most of this region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in modern-day Iraq, which would later be conquered by Assyria.

This “land between the two rivers” in modern Iraq was the center of the Near East Neolithic from around 5500 BC onward due to being irrigable. Its cultures included the Sumerians and Babylonians.

Excavations at Tell Brak in Syria suggest that theories that urbanism spread from the southern part of this region need to be modified. Uruk is traditionally considered the oldest city of this historical region.

Babylon was a leading city-state of this western Asian region, whose name comes from the Greek for "landbetween the rivers."

Another area where early civilization flourished was this "fertile crescent" between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers where the Babylonian and Neo-Babylonian civilizations were located.

Fomenko claims that this figure was based on Byzantine emperor Andronikos I Komnenos, combined with other figures like Pope Gregory VII. More popular accounts claim that he was crucified outside Jerusalem around 33 CE.

A man claiming to be the brother of Jesus, Hong Xiuquan [shiu-chwan], led a rebellion against this dynasty from his capital of Nanjing.

This rebellion’s leader, a man who claimed to be the younger brother of Jesus, was found dead in his palace in Nanjing. name this 19th century rebellion, led by Hong Xiuquan, that tried to establish a Heavenly Kingdom in China.

Brant Pitre's 2016 volume titled The Case for [this man] describes an early realization that this man must either have been a "Liar, Lunatic," or another title.

Albert Schweitzer refuted arguments that this man never existed in a book titled The Quest for the Historical this man.

Agabus the Decapolitan narrates a historical novel in which this man’s right to the throne is usurped; in that novel by Robert Graves, he is a king.

According to the Gospel of John, this figure washed his followers feet prior to participating in the first Communion meal.

The scholar Bart Ehrman wrote a popular-audience book titled for “Misquoting” this person.

A statue of this man was unveiled in 1904 to mark the resolution of a border dispute; that statue stands on the road between Mendoza, Argentina and Santiago, Chile.

In Islamic tradition, this figure will kill the malevolent ad-Dajjal [[ahd-dah-JAHL]] and both Gog and Magog during the Second Coming.

Albert Schweitzer claiRmed that this figure was an “apocalypticist” in a book titled The Quest for the Historical this figure.

Those in Islam who hold to belief in the Mahdi believe that he will return at the end of times with this prophet who was sent with a new revelation, called the Injil.

A novel by Nikos Kazantzakis that is titled for his “Last Temptation” was adapted into a film by Martin Scorsese. name this historical figure, the son of God.

Hong Xiuquan, the instigator of the Taiping rebellion, believed himself to be the younger brother of this early dissident with strong socialist tendencies.

After a vision that he was this figure’s younger brother, Hóng Xiùquán proclaimed a “Heavenly Kingdom” in the Tàipíng Rebellion.

Thomas Jefferson compiled The Life and Morals of [this man], a volume often termed the "Jefferson Bible." name this son of the Virgin Mary.

One possible relic of this man, fragments of headwear, was kept in Notre-Dame Cathedral until a 2019 fire forced it to be moved to the Louvre.

This figured appears before Mary Magdalene after exiting a tomb on Easter. name this central figure of Christianity who was crucified on Good Friday.

The scroll painting Along the River During the Qingming [] Festival was created during this dynasty.

In the thirtieth year of his reign, Ramses II celebrated this religious festival that honored long-reigning rulers. Named for an Egyptian wolf god, this festival involved attaching a tail to the back of a pharaoh's garment and replaced the presumably less festive ritual of killing elderly pharaohs.

August 1969 music festival in New York where several performers criticized the war.

Lucius Flavius Silva laid siege to this site and constructed a massive siege ramp completed in 73 CE.

This city, to which the narrow Snake Path led, was taken by Lucius Silva’s Fretensis legion after a ramp was constructed in order to allow for the use of a siege tower.

Yigal Yadin excavated this site, which can be approached via the "Snake Path".

Defenders at this location may have drawn lots to determine who would kill whom, avoiding a prohibition against suicide.

Josephus wrote of two speeches that a Sicari leader made at this site convincing his men to kill themselves.

In the 1960s, this site was excavated by Yigael Yadin, who discovered 28 human remains and a number of bathhouses.

Flavius Silvia built a massive ramp to bypass this location’s “snake” path.

According to Josephus, this location was originally constructed by Alexander Jannaeus.

Herod the Great built two palaces for himself at this site, which was besieged following the First Jewish War. name this fortress captured by the Roman army in the Judaean Desert, which overlooks the Dead Sea.

This site, which new recruits into the Israeli army vow “shall not fall again” was besieged by the Tenth Legion and it was the last holdout of the Zealots. name this giant rock mesa on which Eliezer ben Jair's followers supposedly committed suicide rather than be captured by the Romans.

Controversy exists over whether it was captured by Menahem and used by the Sicarii as a base for violent raids on Ein Gedi, but it was eventually besieged by the armies of Lucius Flavius Silva while under the command of Eleazar ben Yair.

If you decide to fight to the bitter end of the war, you might end up with your fellow sicarii at this location, where 960 soldiers drew lots to kill each other rather than surrender to the besieging Romans.

The First Jewish Revolt saw the nearly two year stand of this fortress. The Romans were forced to build a gigantic ramp to reach it, and the Jews inside it committed mass suicide when the ramp was finished.

After Roman troops succeeded in capturing this location, a large number of Sicarii rebels from the Zealot faction committed suicide. name this heavily defended Jewish fortress atop a large hilltop in Israel.

This location was defended by the Sicarii, who had earlier fled Jerusalem. name this Judean mountaintop fortress that was captured in the waning days of the First Jewish-Roman War.

At that chariot battle, this empire clashed with Ramesses II’s Egyptians by the town of Kadesh. name this ancient Anatolian civilization.

Their succession law is codified in the Edict of Telipinus, which alludes to their legendary first king, Labarnas.

The oldest known text in this people’s language was written by a king of Kussara named Anitta who sacked what would become its capital.

This civilization had its capital at Hatussa, and this civilization spoke the largest Anatolian Indo- European language.

A ruler of this empire sought to marry Dakhamunzu, the widow of a pharaoh.

A ruler of this people passed the Edict of Telipinu, establishing a high court called the Pankus to act as a judicial apparatus for the monarchy.

Early knowledge of these people predominantly comes from two sets of tablets, the Anitta text and the Tale of Zalpuwa.

Hattusa was the capital of this Bronze Age empire that dominated Anatolia.

This empire was the first to fall to the "Sea People", and one of its rulers fought a battle commemorated at Abu Simbel.

Mursili I, who ruled this people, sacked Babylon and stole the great statue of Marduk, and Hattusili I moved their capital from Neša to Hattusa.

In the Battle of Kadesh, Ramesses was victorious over this people. They hailed from Anatolia and were one of the first empires to mass produce iron goods.

A leader of these people wrote the Tawagalawa letter to the king of Ahhiyawa, which mentioned a disagreement over the city of Wilusa.

These people's capital of Hattusa was razed in the Bronze Age Collapse, and these people signed the world's oldest peace treaty with Ramses the Second of Egypt. identify these ancient Anatolian people who fought the Egyptians at the Battle of Kadesh.

This empire was headquartered at the city of Hattusa. name this empire that fought the Egyptians at the Battle of Kadesh.

Leaders of these people included Muwatallis, and it was party to the oldest recorded peace treaty following a battle with Ramses II at Kadesh.

Meroe contains a complex of nearly two hundred of these structures. A large one in Giza was built as a tomb for Khufu.

The first example of these structures consisted of mastabas stacked upon each other and was constructed for Djoser by the architect Imhotep.

Ones found in the Saqqara necropolis include the “Step” one, which was designed by Imhotep. name this type of structure, which can be found at Giza.

Ahmose I commissioned one of these structures near Abydos, and another of these structures was the world’s tallest building until 1311.

Excavations at El-Haraneya showed that the most famous of these structures was linked by causeway to the Valley Temple.

Within one of these places, Howard Vyse (vice) discovered a structure that may have been a substitute from the Saite (SAI-teh) period.

The tomb of Gaius Cestius is shaped like one of these structures and located in Rome.

Teotihuacan was home to two of these structures, which were named for the sun and moon. Djoser constructed “step” varieties of these structures.

Examples of these structures commissioned by Menkaure, Khafre, and Khufu are found near the Sphinx. identify these ancient Egyptian tombs.

Monumental structures used as tombs for rulers and powerful figures.

Giovanni Belzoni was the first to penetrate one of these structures that was built by Khafre (KAH-freh).

A red one of these structures is named for its limestone which was exposed when its outer layer was taken as construction material for Cairo.

The last remaining wonder of the ancient world is one of these structures named for Khufu. name these ancient Egyptian structures exemplified by three great ones at Giza.

For the most part, the cultural legacy of Kush consists of several of these structures constructed at Meröe. A “great” one built near Giza is named for Khufu.

The earliest example of these structures held Djoser’s body and was constructed by Imhotep, while another three were commissioned by Khafre, Khufu, and Menkaure. identify these structures that are located in Giza as a burial place for pharaohs.

Answer the following about art in ancient Egypt, :Built by Khafre, this limestone monument in Giza depicts a lion with a human head.

Historians discovered that several 18th dynasty rulers may have suffered from familial epilepsy due to the Dream Stele [[STEE-lee]] situated in front of this monument.

A now debunked theory claimed this monument lost its nose to cannon fire from Napoleon's army during the Battle of the Pyramids.

Auguste Mariette led an effort to clear this monument of debris prior to a visit by the Emperor of Brazil, Pedro II.

Limestone statue of a mythical cat-like creature constructed for Khafre [[KAH-freh]].

A 1992 New York Times op-ed by orthodontist Sheldon Peck argued that the dental features of this monument meant that it does not depict the man who erected a stele next to it.

A team led by Giovanni Battista Caviglia unsuccessfully tried to excavate this monument but did find a piece of a cobra that was once affixed to its head.

The remains of a uraeus can be seen on one part of this structure, which Giovanni Battista Caviglia was unsuccessful in excavating.

John Shae Perring drilled a hole into this structure.

A ruler who was promised "White and Red Crowns" constructed the Dream Stele next to this monument.

Limestone sculpture of a human-headed lion found near the 3 great pyramids.

The Pharaoh Khafre is depicted with the body of a lion in this monumental statue in Giza.

This monument features a headdress called a nemes and most likely depicts a ruler named Khafre.

Legend has it that a cannonball shot by Napoleon destroyed this object's nose. name this monumental Egyptian sculpture of a mythical creature.

This deity wore an Atef crown decorated with ostrich feathers, and was fused with Apis to become Serapis in the Hellenic period.

A tomb painting describing the Negative Confessions outlines this god's judgment, which could end with the soul being devoured by Ammit or uniting with the truth represented by Maat.

Depictions of this figure show him wearing the Atef crown topped with two ostrich plumes and holding his hands to his chest while grasping a crook and flail.

This god was syncretised with Iah [[EE-ahh]] as an aspect of the moon, and is also syncretized with Ptah and Seker.

He fathered children with two of his sisters, one of whom helped protected Hapy.

This god was believed to lead a court of forty-two judges.

One’s of this figure’s symbols is Bennu, the phoenix.

The djed pillar represented the spine of this deity, whose wife searched throughout Egypt to find the 14 pieces of his body after he was torn apart by his jealous brother, Set. name this Egyptian god of the afterlife whose consort was his sister, Isis.

This god weighed the dead's heart against a feather, according to the Book of the Dead. name this god who ruled the Egyptian underworld following his death at the hands of his brother Set.

After this deity was lured into a sarcophagus, his wife found his body inside a tree at Byblos.

He is linked to the flood cycles of the Nile and life after death.

This Egyptian god was usually depicted as a pharaoh except for his unusual feather-decorated crown and his green skin.

This green- skinned god was murdered by his brother, Set. name this husband of Isis, the Egyptian god of the dead.

Amasis II was the last great ruler of this civilization before the Persian conquest, and Flinders Petrie discovered this civilization's Merneptah (murr-NEP-tuh) Stele (STEL-uh). : Name this sometimes-polytheistic ancient civilization, which was ruled by Pharaohs like Akhenaten (aa-kuh-NAA-tun).

A god from this civilization was syncretized with Hermes to form Hermes Trismegistus, the purported author of the Hermetic Corpus.

CAN BE READ TO ANY TEAM This culture was conquered by the Hyksos from Western Asia, who set up a capital at Avaris. :Name this culture that built pyramids along the Nile River.

Ancient civilization whose New Kingdom rulers included Ramesses the Great.

Make Kai “Good Content” Smith proud and answer these questions about cannabis in ancient world history, .This civilization employed cannabis in suppository form to treat hemorrhoids. One is left to speculate whether its ruler Djoser got high when Imhotep, one of the world’s first court physicians, was treating him.

An archaeologist who worked in this country, Flinders Petrie, discovered the “Israel Stele” in one of its ancient capitals. :Name this country, also studied by Ippolito Rosselli and English polymath Thomas Young.

In 2018, archaeologists discovered a board game invented by this civilization in Azerbaijan, :Name this ancient civilization that invented that board game Hounds and Jackals, also known as 58-Holes. This civilization also invented the board games of Mehen, and Senet, likely the oldest known board game in the world.

While at this civilization’s Siwa oasis, Alexander the Great proclaimed himself to be a god.

According to Herodotus, the first female ruler of this civilization was the semi-mythical empress Nitocris, whom Herodotus associated with Menkaure.

The King Narmer Palette was made by this civilization. This civilization constructed many large pyramids outside Giza.

This civilization was ruled from Amarna by the husband of Nefertiti.

Greek mercenaries left graffiti on the left leg of a colossal statue at the entrance of a temple carved out from rock by this civilization which was relocated during the construction of the Aswan Dam.

Its history includes three "intermediate periods." This civilization's agriculture was aided by its main river flooding at roughly the same time every year.

Worship of the syncretic god Serapis in this civilization was instituted by Ptolemy I, and worship of the sun disk Aten here was instituted by Akenaten. name this civilization whose people worshiped the pharaohs as incarnations of Osiris and Horus.

Another female ruler of this civilization, Hat-shep-sut, wore masculine clothing to represent the sun god Ra. name this ancient African civilization that ruled the area around the Nile river.

This ruler overthrew Bardiya, who was possibly impersonated by Gaumata.

This ruler debated Otanes and Megazubus over different governmental systems until he was chosen to be king because his slave Oebares made his horse neigh first at sunrise.

Xerxes’ “Great” father, who also invaded Greece.

Which Persian Emperor lost at Issus and Gaugamela, and was the third to hold this name?

This ruler built the Palace of Tachara and defeated the Iranian Scythians.

This ruler executed the nobleman Intaphernes, who had helped bring him to power.

This man usurped throne after killing Gaumata succeeded in recapturing Thrace. :This Persian Emperor attempted to annex Greece following the Babylonian revolt; he had already successfully annexed Egypt.

This ruler may have claimed that Bardiya was an imposter named Gaumata in order to stage a coup against him.

This successor of Cambyses II reorganized his empire into twenty satrapies [[SAT-rap-eez]] and successfully defeated the Ionian Revolt.

He divided his empire into twenty satrapies, and introduced Zoroastrianism as the state religion of his empire.

This leader thanked “the grace of Ahura Mazda” on the Behistun inscription.

The Ionian Revolt prompted this man to plan an invasion of the Greek mainland which ended with a loss at Marathon. name this Achaemenid [[ah- KIM-uh-nid]] king who created the "satrapy" [[SAT-rah-pee]] system and brought Persia to its largest territorial extent.

The Persian king during the Battle of Marathon was this man, the third King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire and the father of Xerxes the Great.

The Behistun Inscription was created by this ruler who led the first Persian invasion of Greece.

Defeated at the Battle of Marathon this Persian king was succeeded by his son Xerxes I [[ZERK-seez the FIRST]].

Early in this leader’s reign, he defeated the Sherden sea pirates.

The Greeks referred to this man as Ozymandias.Name this “great” Egyptian pharaoh who defeated the Nile “Sea People” and claimed a victory at the 1274 BCE Battle of Kadesh.

This ruler erected the Aswan and Tanis stelae and defeated the Sherden pirates, while he celebrated more Sed Festivals than any other pharaoh.

The Temple of Beit el-Wali was devoted to this ruler after his forces re-asserted control of Nubia.

Referred to in Greek sources as Ozymandias, name this son of Seti I, the longest serving Egyptian Pharaoh.

Early in his reign, this man captured the Amurru, and he defeated the Sherden sea pirates, who later became his bodyguards.

This ruler crossed the Dog River to go north into Amurru, and defeated the Lukka and Shekelesh peoples during a battle that also defeated the Shardana pirates.

This man commissioned the temples of Abu Simbel and dedicated them to his wife Nefertari.

At the Orontes River, this ruler fought the Hittite King Muwatallis in the largest chariot battle in history.

As well as constructing the temple at Abu Simbel, this man signed the first peace treaty in recorded history with Hattusilis III.

He signed a peace treaty with Hattusili III after winning a battle where the main Hittite army hid behind the fortress of Kadesh.

A total of 14 Sed Festivals were held by this leader, who defeated the forces of Hattusili III and his Hittites at the Battle of Kadesh.

This successor of Seti I constructed the temple complex at Abu Simbel and inaugurated that temple alongside his wife, Nefertari. name this pharaoh who won the Battle of Kadesh.

Muwatalli II was defeated by this man in a battle that resulted in the world’s first recorded peace treaty. name this Egyptian Pharaoh who won the Battle of Kadesh.

Pharoah who fought the Hittites at the Battle of Kadesh.

name these emperors of Persia:This Persian king invaded Greece, beating the 300 at the battle of Thermopylae. His ships lost at Salamis.

The preferred ruler over his elder brother Artabazanes, he built the hall of one hundred columns before Artabanus murdered him. :Name this king of Persia, son of Darius I, who lost to Themistocles at Salamis.

This ruler was victorious at Thermopylae despite suffering heavy losses.Name this Achaemenid ruler and successor to Darius the Great, whose forces lost the battle of Salamis.

This ruler's son-in-law suppressed the Babylonian revolt of Shamash-eriba, and late in life this ruler ordered the construction of the Hall of a Hundred Columns before being killed by his minister Artabanus.

This man had a namesake canal built through the Mount Athos Peninsula, as well as two pontoon bridges across the Hellespont.

Artemisia, Queen of Halicarnassus, was one subordinate of this man at a battle he lost because of the deception of the slave Sicinnus.

During one engagement, this ruler apparently leaped up three times out of fear for his troops, and while watching a battle from a throne on Mount Aigelo, he lamented, “my men have become women and my women men.” After this ally of Artemisia I returned home, his fleet was burnt at Mycale and his general Mardonius was slain.

He removed a statue of Bel from Babylon to prevent revolts there, and built the Gate of All Nations in his capital, Persepolis.

The losing commander at the Battle of Salamis was this king of the Achaemenid Empire. He is also known for defeating Leonidas of Sparta at the Battle of Thermopylae.

This Persian king led the forces at Thermopylae, where he sent his Immortals against the Spartans.

This Achaemenid emperor's 480 BCE invasion of Greece, in which he ordered his men to whip the Hellespont, takes up the latter part of Herodotus's Histories.

The army that lost at Plataea was fighting for this ruler. His forces were also defeated by Leonidas’s Spartans at Thermopylae.

Persian king, the son of Darius, who watched that naval battle from a throne on a cliff.

FTP, name this Persian leader, who defeated the Greeks at Thermopylae, the son of Darius I.

King Ahasuerus is most frequently identified with this Persian ruler, who ruled from 486 to 465 BC.

This man’s head was immersed in a jar of blood by Queen Tomyris to satisfy his bloodlust.

His namesake Cylinder is sometimes consider the first declaration of human rights in history.

This man allegedly used the foul smell of his camels to scare off enemy horses at the Battle of Thymbra.

A Rommulus and Remus style legend about this man tells that he was saved by the steward Harpagus, who would later help him overthrow his grandfather Astyages.

According to Herodotus [[heh-ROD-oh-tus]], this king died fighting the Scythian queen Tomyris [[TOM-i- riss]].

This man was killed while on an expedition to Scythia by their queen Tomyris.

According to Herodotus, one steward’s failure to kill this person in infancy resulted in him being tricked into eating his own son; that man was Harpagus.

This person’s cylinder is considered by some the oldest declaration of human rights.

This man overthrew his grandfather Astyages [ah-STY-ah-geez] of the Median Empire and defeated Croesus [kree-sus] to conquer the Lydians.

Xenophon also wrote a fictionalized biography of this king, who conquered the Median Empire, Babylonia, and Lydia to found the Persian Achaemenid Empire.

He defeated his grandfather, Astyages, and built his capital, Pasargadae at the site of that battle and he later attacked his father-in-law and captured Ecbatana.

“Great” king who founded the Persian Empire and conquered the Neo-Babylonians in the 6th century BC.

Name this founder of the Achaemenid Empire, an Emperor of Persian who legendarily ended the Babylonian captivity.

This sixth century BC ruler, who passed the Edict of Restoration to end the Babylonian Captivity of the Jews, made the world’s first declaration of human rights was promulgated by this man in a cuneiform script on a namesake cylinder. name this founder of the Achaemenid [ah-KEE-men-id] dynasty of Persia.

This father of Cambyses II absorbed the Median Empire and Babylon into his own empire. name this founder of the Achaemenid [[ah-KIM-eh-nid]] Persian Empire.

Howard Carter discovered the tomb of this boy-king, found in the Valley of the Kings.

Name some pharaohs of the 18th Dynasty, .Howard Carter discovered the tomb of this pharaoh, whose mother is known only as “The Younger Lady.”

Horemheb was appointed “lord of the land” by this man who was the son of an individual known as the Younger Lady.

George Carnarvon funded the expedition that located this man’s tomb. :Name this 18th dynasty Egyptian pharaoh whose nearly intact tomb was discovered in 1922 by Howard Carter.

This son of the Younger Lady may have died as a result of birth defects, though other theories include sickle cell anemia and a blow to the head.

During his relatively brief reign, this monarch moved the capital back to Thebes, ending the Amarna period established by his father.

His mother, known as the “Younger Lady,” was found in KV35.

The mummy of this pharaoh was found in an extremely well-preserved tomb by Howard Carter in 1922 in the Valley of the Kings.

This son of Akhenaten moved his empire’s capital back to the city of Thebes. name this boy-king of Egypt found by Howard Carter in the 1920s.

This ruler moved his capitol from Amarna, a city built by his father Akhenaten, to Thebes.

This man’s wife, Ankhesenamun, sent the desperate Hittite letters after his death, asking Suppiluliuma I for a noble husband.

Another influential vizier was Ay, who many historians believe held much of the real power during this man’s reign. This “boy pharaoh’s” tomb was discovered by Howard Carter in 1922.

This man’s tomb, labeled KV62,was discovered by Howard Carter in 1922. name this “boy king,” a pharaoh of Egypt.

In 1922, this man’s tomb was discovered by Harold Carter in the Valley of the Kings. name this boy pharaoh whose tomb is the subject of a namesake curse.

Beginning his reign at the age of nine, name this boy Pharaoh whose tomb was found in Egypt.

Another pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty was this man who attempted to establish a monotheistic religion in Egypt that worshipped the sun-disk Aten.

This ruler was accused of sending gold-plated wooden statues instead of solid gold ones in letters sent by King Tushratta of Mittani.

This ruler employed the sculptor Bek, and the blocks used for construction during this ruler’s reign were known as talatats.

This man is depicted with his wife in the Coregency Stela.

By defeating the Hyksos, Kamose and Ahmose began the New Kingdom, which included this ruler who abandoned the Egyptian pantheon in favor of the god of the solar disc. He is often called the first monotheist.

He was succeeded by his brother Smenkhkare, who was co-regent with him during the final years of his reign.

One of his secondary wives was named Kiya, and he was succeeded by Smenkhare.

Pharaoh who introduced the monotheistic cult of Atenism.

This man’s correspondence with Tushratta, king of the Mittani, discussed his marriage with Tadukhipa; those letters were recovered by Jorgen Alexander Knudtzon on clay tablets at Amarna.

It is disputed whether it is this ruler’s mummy in tomb KV55 by Edward Ayrton.

This founder of a monotheistic religion changed his name to honor the new god.

This man’s mother was Tiy, and he established a capital at Tell el-Amarna.

Tutankhamon married Ankhesenamun, the daughter of this Pharaoh, who moved the capital to Amarna and instituted a monotheistic worship of the sun god.

Nefertiti was the wife of this Egyptian ruler once known as Amenhotep IV who began a monotheistic religion centered on the sun-disk, Aten.

This pharaoh, the father of Tutankhamun, established a temple at Amarna to promote the worship of the sun got Aten instead of Amun.

After the revolt of his brother Shamash-Shum-ukin, he installed Kandalanu as vassal ruler of Babylon.

This ruler’s grandmother forced everyone in his empire to agree to his ascension to the throne in the Loyalty Treaty of Naqi’a-Zakutu. :Name this emperor, who constructed a namesake library in Nineveh.

One relief shows this king forcing a defeated rival of his to live in a dog kennel with a chain stuck through his jaw, and he is alleged to have sowed salt in the land afer defeating the Elamites.

After this man’s grandfather destroyed the city of Babylon, this leader’s father rebuilt it and installed as king this man’s brother Shamash-shum-ukin.

Late Assyrian king whose Death was famously painted by Delacroix.

Like Shulgi, he boasted of being able to read and write, and his son Sin-Shar-ishkun deposed the usurper Sin-Shumu-lisher, who had in turn deposed another of his sons, Ashur-etil-ilani.

This ruler ascended to the throne as a result of the “Loyalty Treaty of Naqia-Zakutu,” by which the royal court was com-manded to accept him as the favorite grandson of queen Zakuta and never to revolt against his kingship.

7th century BC Neo-Assyrian ruler who collected 30,000 of those tablets in a library now held in Britain.

The best-known depiction of Assyrian lion hunting was created under this ruler. This ruler conquered Egypt and built an extensive library at Nineveh.

That North Palace also had reliefs of caged lions and him hunting them.

Extremely literate, he amassed a collection of cuneiform tablets in his grand library at Nineveh.

He was the son of Esarhaddon, and Homuzd Rassam made a major cultural discovery in the Lion-Hunt room of this man's palace. name this Neo-Assyrian monarch whose famous 'library' was found in his capital of Ninevah.

The successor of Esarhaddon, identify this last major king of the Neo-Assyrian Empire, known for collecting an immense library of cuneiform tablets.

His death lead to the downfall of the Neo-Assyrian empire. name this last great king of Assyria.

Esarhaddon was the father of - - what Assyrian king who created a massive library, known to the Greeks as Sardanapalus?

This Hittite king, the grandson of the great Suppiluliuma, relocated the capital and more famously took on Ramses II at the battle of Kadesh.

What Hittite ruler agreed to an informal peace deal with Seti I before fighting Ramesses the Great at the Battle of Kadesh?

The Hittites were led by this king during the Battle of Kadesh. The eldest son of Mursili II, his empire soon fell into civil war after his reign.

This Hittite king moved his capital from Hattusa to Tarhuntassa but is better known for fighting Ramesses II at Kadesh.

Assyrian king who destroyed Babylon in 689 BC and was assassinated eight years later.

This man’s armies had their bowstrings devoured by rats, according to Herodotus.

He was the son of Sargon II and he claimed that he “shut up” Hezekiah “like a bird in a cage.” :Identify this ruler, who established his capital at Ninevah and attacked Judah in 701 BC. His destruction was the title of a poem by Lord Byron.

He quashed the revolt of the Phoenician king Luli and his ally Shabaka, and other rebellions suppressed by this king include the one led by the Chaldean Maradoch-Baladan II and one of the governor Bel-ibni.

The son of Sargon II, he fought both the Chaldaeans and the Elamites at the battle of Halulina, though he is better remembered for his struggle with King Hezekiah as told by Micah and Isaiah.

Another of his campaigns saw the sack of Lachish and the reinstatement of Padi; that effort had followed his forced deposition of Sidqia after the conquest of Joppa and Azjuru.

Nineveh was hugely expanded by this Assyrian emperor, who, contrary to the Biblical narrative, succeeded in extracting tribute from king Hezekiah of Judah.

This father of Ashurbanipal rebuilt Nineveh as a grid. This ruler was the son of Sargon II and fought against King Hezekiah during his revolt in Judah.

Though he compelled tribute, this ruler was prevented by a plague from capturing Jerusalem from Hezekiah.

Hezekiah supposedly built a wall to stop the armies of this king, whose namesake "Annals" do not confirm his success.

This Assyrian emperor destroyed the city of Babylon and invaded Judah in the Levantine [LEH-vun-teen] War. This son of Sargon II transferred the Assyrian capital to Nineveh [NIH-nuh-vuh].

His most notable campaign ended in the reception of tribute from Hezekiah, though that war fought against Judah notably did not feature a sack of Jerusalem.

This successor to Sargon II is famous for destroying Babylon, perhaps coming “down like a wolf on the fold,” and rebuilding Nineveh prior to being succeeded by his son Esarhaddon.

This Assyrian ruler was immortalized in a Lord Byron poem featuring his failed siege of Jerusalem.

Father of Esarhaddon who was assassinated in 681 BC and who “came down like the wolf on the fold” in a Lord Byron poem.

At Meribah, this man displeased God by striking a rock in anger. name this author of the Torah who led the Israelites out of Egypt.

This figure angrily struck a rock to produce water, which provoked God to forbid him from entering the Promised Land.

His older sister was struck with leprosy for criticizing this man’s wife, whom he first met after rescuing her from some heckling shepherds at a well.

He was the brother of Miriam and Aaron, with whom this former prince cast ten plagues on a Pharaoh who may have been Ramses II.

Sixth century Byzantine monks established a pilgrimage site for this figure's purported burial site on Mount Nebo.

He ordered the construction of the Tabernacle, and married Zipporah while he was exiled in Midian.

The second epistle to Timothy identifies this figure’s enemies as Jannes and Jambres.

This man quelled a rebellion by striking a stone on Horeb to create a spring.

Hur helped this figure defeat the Amalekites by raising his arms.

This man once asked for his name to be blotted out from the Book of Life.

This man was ordered to remove his sandals after he discovered a burning bush.

This former Egyptian prince led the Hebrews out of Egypt and wandered with them in the desert for forty years before passing leadership to Joshua.

This classicist argued that Rome’s latifundia agriculture made it the closest thing to a “genuine slave society” before the trans-Atlantic slave trade in works like Ancient Slavery and Modern Ideology and The Ancient Economy.

After climbing Mount Sinai, this figure was given the Ten Commandments. name this biblical brother of Aaron, who parted the Red Sea and led the Israelites out of slavery.

This ruler led a coalition of Medes and Scythians which crushed Necho II and the remnants of Assyria’s armies at the Battle of Carchemish .

This ruler married the daughter of the Median king Cyaxares and completed construction of Etemenanki.

The “Tower of Babel” stela depicts this ruler next to the Etemenanki, whose restoration was completed under this ruler.

Josephus [[joh-SEE-fus]] claimed this monarch led a futile thirteen-year siege of Tyre [["TIRE"]], later coming to terms with its king, Ithobaal III [[ith-oh-BALE "the third"]].

This restorer of the Ishtar Gate supposedly blinded the king of Judah, Zedekiah, for rebelling against his rule.

One building project of this ruler has an inscription which states ‘With bright-blue bricks on which bulls and mušḫuššu [Mush-HUSH-shu] were depicted I had [that project] skilfully built ‘.Evidence for the Biblical actions of this ruler include a ration list found near the Ishtar Gate which mentions a captive king named Jehoiachin.

That ruler’s submission did not save one city from being sacked by this man, who destroyed it after the rebellion of Zedekiah and initiated a hundred-year period of exile ended by Cyrus the Great.

The Hanging Gardens were built by the second Babylonian king of this name; he also destroyed Solomon’s Temple in Jerusalem and began the Babylonian Captivity.

This king constructed the Ishtar Gate, and to soothe his wife’s nostalgia, planted the Hanging Gardens for her. name this great king of Babylon.

In the biblical tradition, this Chaldean [[kahl-DEE-un]] king cast Shadrach [[SHAD-rak]], Meshach [[MEE-shak]], and Abednego [[ah-BED-neh-go]] into the fiery furnace and had his dreams interpreted by Daniel. name this long-reigning king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire.

Ur lost most of its influence until its rebuilding by this great Chaldean ruler of Babylonia, who also conquered Jerusalem and deported many of its people. The Book of Daniel is set during his reign.

According to legend, Queen Amytis’s homesickness caused this son of Nabopolassar to construct the Hanging Gardens. name this Neo-Babylonian king who sacked Jerusalem, causing the Babylonian Captivity.

This ruler had his men gouge out the eyes of a rebellious King Zedekiah.

The son of Nabopolassar, name this greatest of the Neo-Babylonian rulers, who destroyed the First Temple in Jerusalem and appears prominently in the Book of Daniel.

This Chaldean leader defeated King Hezekiah to end the Kingdom of Judah and begin the Captivity.

After Zadok anointed this man as king, Nathan blessed him by giving him the name Jedidiah.

Menelik II and Haile Selassie both belonged to an Ethiopian dynasty named for this Biblical figure, due to his relationship with the Queen of Sheba.

When this man took the throne, he killed two of his father’s advisers and his brother Adonijah.

This man’s son promised to be harsher to his subjects than this man was, a mistake that led to the division of this man’s kingdom.

Ancient Hebrew king who supposedly built the First Temple in Jerusalem.

Adonijah [ad-uh-NIE-jah], this man’s half brother, attempted to organize a coup d’etat against him by requesting to marry Abishag.

Earlier, this father of Rehoboam offered a thousand burnt offerings at the Temple he built, for which God gave him wisdom and fabulous wealth. name this king of Israel, the son and successor of David.

This man is credited with building the First Temple.

That bronze statue of this person was the first free-standing nude male sculpture since antiquity and was created by Donatello.

Verrocchio [[veh-ROH-kyoh]] depicted this figure in bronze following his most famous action, while Bernini sculpted a marble statue of this man during that same violent action.

A spy of this king named Hushai convinced a usurper to ignore the advice of the seer Ahithophel and fight a pitched battle at Ephraim [[EFF-rahm]] Woods.

This man is shown wearing only boots and a laurel-topped hat in a 15th-century bronze sculpture.

A king with this name refused Alexios Komnenos' title of Panhypersebastos in an attempt to assert his Orthodox nation's independence.

This figure is confronted by Nathan the prophet after killing Uriah the Hittite and committing adultery with Bathsheba.

The third king of this name died from poisoned communion wine administered by disloyal nobles from Tao.

That king of this name expelled the Seljuk Turks from his nation at the Battle of Didgori [[did-gore-ee]], later moving his center to Tbilisi. give this biblical name of twelve kings of the Bagrationi of Georgia, including the fourth who was known as "The Builder."

A marble statue of this person, who symbolized Florence’s resolve against its more powerful enemies, was commissioned for the roof of the Duomo and created by Michelangelo. name this Biblical person who killed Goliath.

This man sent Uriah the Hittite into battle knowing that he would likely die, allowing this man to marry the beautiful Bathsheba.

A statue of this man sits outside the Galleria dell’Accademica in Florence.

According to tradition, this figure authored a majority of the Book of Psalms.

In Bernini’s depiction of this man, he is armed with a sling and wearing shepherd’s clothes. name this biblical figure, the subject of sculptures by Donatello and Michaelangelo, who is often shown with his foot on the head of Goliath.

While a youth, this king was a musician for his predessor, King Saul. name this King of Israel, whose names a six pointed star on the flag of Israel and who killed the giant Goliath with a sling.

This monarch, the son of Jesse, arrived in Saul’s court after being plucked from the pastures of Bethlehem. name this king of Israel, the slayer of the giant Goliath.

The common name of this text in English ultimately derives from a Phoenician city, that also is the source of the Greek word for book.

The standard Latin text of this book in one faith is known as the Vulgate.

One of the works most commonly translated into Korean is this religious text, central to the largest religion in Korea besides unaffiliation. This religious text was first introduced to Korea by Jesuit missionaries.

An “Authorized Version” of this object was produced after the Hampton Court Conference. :Name this text. A version of it was nicknamed “Wicked” after shocking readers with the misprinted sentence “Thou shalt commit adultery.”

Tyndale is best known for a partial translation of this work into the English vernacular. Translation of this work into the vernacular was also championed by Martin Luther.

Thomas Jefferson kept a copy of this book where he cut out any reference to supernatural phenomena.

Nicholas of Hereford helped the Lollard leader, John Wycliffe, translate this book into English.

Martin Luther’s translation of this book included the Apocrypha. name this religious text that comes in a King James Version.

This text was translated from the Vulgate into English by the leader of the Lollards, John Wycliffe in 1384.

In the United States, popular English-language versions of this book have included Webster’s Revision, the Good News Translation, and the King James Version. name this holy text of Christianity.

Sunday services at the Church of Christ, Scientist feature readings from Mary Baker Eddy’s Science and Health with Keys to the Scriptures and this book, divided into Old and New Testaments.

Gutenberg’s best known work as a printer was his namesake copy of this religious text, sometimes named after its 42-line pages. A version of this religious text named after King James was first published in English in 1611.

Kingsolver also wrote a novel titled for one of these objects made of Poisonwood that follows a family of American missionaries in the Congo during Congo’s independence struggle.

The last part of this text was written on the island of Patmos by a man named John in about 95 AD. name this religious text consisting of the Old and New Testaments, the fundamental religious text of Christianity.

One version of this text is known for a king of England who commissioned a translation of it in the 17th century.

That king gained an immunity to poisons by incrementally ingesting them. give this name held by many kings of Pontus.

A shepherd of this name raised the young Cyrus the Great after a steward of Astyages [[ah-STY-ah-gees]] was tasked with killing the child.

Pompey the Great defeated a king of this name in the Battle of the Lycus, forcing him to flee to Crimea and commit suicide.

A war with this name began after a king orchestrated the Asiatic Vespers, a genocide of Romans in Asia Minor.

The third and fourth kings of this name were separated from their rule by Pharnaces I. :Give this name for six kings of Pontus, the last of whom massacred 80,000 Romans in Anatolia and prompted Sulla, Murena, and Lucullus to fight three namesake wars against him.

A prophetic dream also led Alexander the Great’s general Antigonus to try and kill a future king of this name. A different king of this name massacred Latin speakers in his kingdom in the Asiatic Vespers.

Pompey the Great subdued a king of this name during a series of wars named for him.

The Kingdom of Pontus was ruled by six rulers with this name of Persian origin, derived from that of a sun god.

Harpagus gave the infant Cyrus to this shepherd, but instead of killing the lad, this man passed off his own stillborn son to Harpagus as the dead Cyrus and raised the youth himself.

According to legend, the most famous city founded by this civilization was once ruled by Dido. name these seafaring people of the eastern Mediterranean who founded Carthage.

The Nora Stone reveals that a king of one of these people, Pygmalion, fought Sardinians at Tarshish.

Under this culture, trade routes developed from the city of Byblos.

This civilization’s writing system was discovered on a tomb of King Ahiram.

Ancient Middle Eastern civilization based in Tyre whose alphabet evolved the Greek, Aramaic, and Hebrew alphabets.

Tyre is generally included to be a part of this civilization known for its advanced Alphabet and its colonies such as Carthage, Utica, and Hadrumentum.

Purple murex dye was extracted by this civilization based in what is now Lebanon. The purple dye used in the ancient world was named for this civilization’s city of Tyre.

This civilization founded cities at Tyre and Byblos as well as the colony of Carthage. name this seafaring civilization that invented the precursor to the Greek alphabet.

Murex snails were once used to create a valuable purple dye named for this civilization's city of Tyre. name this ancient civilization which founded the city of Carthage and distributed the world's oldest alphabet throughout the Mediterranean.

One ruler of this empire executed the impostor Bardiya and wrote the Behistun Inscription, which aided in deciphering cuneiform.

At the Battle of Gaugamela, Alexander defeated the army of Darius III, the ruler of this empire. Darius was buried in Persepolis, the former capital of this empire.

A postal system developed for this empire involved strategically placed relay stations, and was called Chapar Khaneh.

A leader of this empire freed the Jews from the Babylonian Captivity following his defeat of Nabonidus.

This empire established a Royal Road to facilitate communication from Susa to Sardis during the reign of Darius the Great.

Cyrus founded this empire. This empire, with a ceremonial capital at Persoplis, was later ruled by Darius the Great and Xerxes.

This empire lost control of Greece after losing the Battle of Plataea, and fought Leonidas and 300 Spartans at the Battle of Thermopylae.

Two failed invasions of Greece were undertaken by this empire’s kings Darius and his son Xerxes. name this empire that began in modern Iran founded by Cyrus the Great.

Also known as the Achaemenid Empire, this empire was established by Cyrus the Great. name this empire that ruled much of present-day Iran.

Seven great houses named for this empire including the Mihran and Suren dominated the court of its successor.

The houses of Karen and Suren were thought to have originated in this empire.

Queen Musa co-ruled this empire after murdering her spouse Phraates IV.

Ruled by the Arsacid Dynasty, this empire’s capital was Ctesiphon .

The Battle of Carrhae was won by this empire that defeated Crassus, a Persian empire chronologically between the Seleucids and Sassanids.

The Arsacid dynasty ruled this empire, whose cavalry perfected a tactic of feigning retreat only to suddenly turn around and launch a storm of arrows, known as its namesake “shot.” That tactic was used by this empire’s general, Surena, to deal a devastating defeat to the invading armies of Marcus Crassus at the Battle of Carrhae. name this ancient Iranian empire that preceded the Sassanids.

Han emissary Gan Ying stayed in this empire’s capital of Hecatompylos after sailors advised him not to sail to Rome.

Augustus bargained with this empire for the return of eagle standards captured by this empire after Crassus’ defeat at Carrhae. name this empire ruled by the Arsacid dynasty and succeeded by the Sassanids.

This empire’s troops poured molten gold down the throat of the captured Crassus. name this Iranian empire that defeated Rome at Carrhae [KARR-ee].

This empire captured the Armenian King Arsak II after it was ceded to them by Emperor Jovian.

Queen Mother of this empire, Ifra Hormizd, had her unborn child coronated after officials put a crown on her stomach.

This empire crowned a ruler while he was still in his mother’s womb.

This empire collapsed to the Islamic Caliphate during Yazdegerd III’s reign.

The only Roman emperor to be captured in battle, Valerian, was taken prisoner alongside his army by this empire in the disastrous Battle of Edessa.

This empire’s founder, Ardashir I, defeated the dominant Parthians at the Battle of Hormozgan.

A ruler of this empire allegedly flayed and dyed the skin of his rival vermillion after winning the Battle of Edessa against Valerian.

This empire succeeded in taking a Roman emperor captive after Valerian was defeated at the battle of Edessa.

The Rashidun Caliphate sacked this empire’s capital Ctesiphon.

During this battle, two Shashu spies convinced one side that the enemy was in Aleppo, when they were actually hiding beyond the city walls.

1274 BC battle against the Hittites, the largest chariot battle in history.

Records of this battle were contained at Hattusa, the capital of one belligerent, and it was fought near the Orontes [“Oh-ron-tes”] River.

This 13th century BCE battle was fought over the kingdom of Amurru between the Hittites and Egyptians, and was likely the largest chariot-battle ever fought.

The surviving account of this battle is biased against Muwatalli II’s side, but is still valuable to historians as the earliest description of battle tactics. name this largest chariot battle in history, fought between the Hittites and Rameses II’s Egyptian army in 1274 BC.

1274 BC battle that Ramesses fought against the Hittites, the largest battle of those vehicles in history.

Prior to this battle, one side sent two Shasu nomads to mislead the other advancing side about its whereabouts and recruited nineteen allies, including the king of Aleppo.

After he was forced back towards the Orontes River, Muwatalli II was defeated in this battle and subsequently signed the world’s first peace treaty. name this largest chariot battle in history, a 1274 BC battle where Ramesses II fought the Hittites.

Ramses II clashed with the Hittite Empire at this ancient battle, said to be the largest chariot battle in recorded history.

Another ruler of this empire lost Egypt after the revolt of Psamtik I and defeated the Elamites at the battle of the Hulaya river.

King Menahem of Israel paid tribute to this empire’s ruler Tiglath-Pileser III.

In this empire's chronology, the phrase "the king who lived in tents" is used to refer to its first domestic rulers, beginning with Tudiya.

This empire established trade posts known as karum according to the Ebla tablets, which reveal early information on the Canaanites.

This empire’s Black Obelisk records the conquests of Shalmaneser III.

Sennacherib ruled this Mesopotamian empire with capital at Nineveh.

This empire’s architecture included the palace of Dur-Sharrukin, which featured sculptures of human-faced winged bulls known as lamassu.

Ashurbanipal ruled this empire, which he governed from Nineveh. This empire founded by Adad-nirari II was also ruled by Sennacherib.

A prominent library was built in its capital by its emperor Ashurbanipal.

This Akkadian conqueror of Sumer is said to have founded the world’s first empire. This king’s daughter Enheduanna is the first recorded poet in history.

This man was reportedly cup-bearer to Ur-Zababa of Kish before becoming a conqueror. :Name this “Great” ruler of Akkad, who created a large empire encompassing much of Mesopotamia.

A Neo-Assyrian birth legend about the origins of this ruler was discovered in the Library of Ashurbanipal.

The birth legend of this leader, who defeated king Lugal-Zage-Si of Umma, has been compared to that of Moses.

The earliest known author, the priestess Enheduanna, was the daughter of a ruler of this name who legendarily served as a cupbearer to Ur-Zababa.

This former servant of Ur-Zababa had his troops wash their weapons in the ocean to symbolize one of his conquests.

Like Moses, this man was said to have been discovered as a baby in a basket.

This man’s sons included his successors Rimush and Manishtushu.

Naram-Sin was the grandson of this king of Akkad, often considered the first ruler of an empire in history.

This man turned on his former ally, Rim Sin I, after the city of Larsa failed to aid this man in his fight against Elam.

name these ancient law-givers.This Mesopotamian king included the lex talionis on the stone stele promulgating his law code in the 1700s BC.

This ruler unusually destroyed the city of Mari instead of capturing it.

Friedrich Delitzsch [[DAY-litch]] gave a lecture to the Kaiser on this man, a member of the Amorite Dynasty, a creation of whose was translated by Jean-Vincent Scheil [].

This man succeeded his father Sin-Muballit as a leader of the Amorite Dynasty.

The Third Dynasty of Ur was conquered by the Babylonians, who were later led by this Amorite king famous for his namesake Law Code.

He took power after the abdication of his father Sin-Muballit, becoming the sixth king of the Amorite dynasty.

Under this man’s rule, punishments were based on the idea of “an eye for an eye.” name this Babylonian king known for his law code.

Babylonian king whose law code allowed for balanced retribution, usually described as “eye for an eye.”