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Ancient History by Letter ‘W,X,Y & Z’ - Statistics
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- This quiz has been taken 96 times
- The average score is 10 of 24
Answer Stats
| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| “Great” Achaemenid King, invaded Greece in 480 BC - X | Xerxes | 84%
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| Alternative name for the Shang Dynasty, ruled the Yellow River region in the 2nd Millenium BC - Y | Yin | 81%
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| Considered the first orthodox dynasty in Chinese history, ruled in the early 2nd Millenium BC - X | Xia | 73%
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| Chinese river, one of the original cradles of civilisation - Y | Yellow | 73%
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| Chinese state formed around the mouth of the Yangtze River in the 12th Century BC - W | Wu | 69%
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| Ancient Imperial Chinese capital, location of the Terracotta Warriors - X | Xi’an | 63%
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| Stepped pyramid temples common in ancient Mesopotamian cities - Z | Ziggurat | 61%
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| Early Iranian prophet, founded the world’s first monotheistic religion - Z | Zoroaster | 60%
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| Transformational information technology, first developed as cuneiform in Sumer around 3000 BC - W | Writing | 59%
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| Chinese leader who formed the first dynasty, known for his dam building and flood control measures - Y | Yu The Great | 57%
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| Region of ancient Britain, occupied by tribes including the Silures and the Ordovicians - W | Wales | 55%
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| Revolutionary technology dating back to the late Neolithic, possibly developed in several independent locations - W | Wheel | 43%
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| Royal Chinese dynasty of the first millenium BC, divided into Western and Eastern periods - Z | Zhou | 36%
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| Pre-Socratic Greek philosopher, famous for creating paradoxes - Z | Zeno | 35%
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| 250 year period of ancient China, immediately preceding the Qin Dynasty - W | Warring States | 29%
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| Athenian general philosopher and historian, led an expedition of 10,000 men into Persia - X | Xenophon | 27%
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| Chinese state, created at the partition of Jin in 403 BC - W | Wei | 21%
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| Mesoamerican culture which arose in the Oaxaca Valley - Z | Zapotec | 21%
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| Confederation of nomads, possibly precursors to the Huns, dominated the East Eurasian steppe - X | Xiongnu | 12%
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| Late Chalcolithic culture of the Pontic-Caspian steppe - Y | Yamnaya | 9%
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| UNESCO World Heritage Site in Lycia (southern Turkey) dating back to the 8th Century BC - X | Xanthos | 4%
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| Bronze Age Semitic kingdom centred on Aleppo, formed around 1800 BC - Y | Yamhad | 4%
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| Originally a Warring State, this kingdom flourished under the Han Dynasty - Z | Zhao | 4%
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| Neolithic Chinese culture of the 3rd and 4th Millenia BC, named for the town where it was first excavated - Y | Yangshao | 3%
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