| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Mesopotamnian city with the hanging gardens, symbol of evil in the Revelations | Babylon | 98%
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| Was destroyed in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79 | Pompeii | 98%
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| City, which was destroyed after the 3. Punic War, home of Hannibal | Carthage | 89%
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| Athens main enemy in the Peleponesian War, known for his very militaristic traditions | Sparta | 82%
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| City in modern day Turkey, Homer writes about a siege of this city in the Illiad | Troy | 80%
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| Capital of the Khmer Empire, which was home to the biggest temple complex of the world | Angkor | 71%
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| Sumerian city, which was the home town of Abraham according to the Old Testament | Ur | 59%
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| Capital of the Nabataeans, which included big temples, that were carved in a rock | Petra | 52%
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| City, which was abandoned after the Chernobyl disaster | Pripyat | 52%
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| Capital of Archaemedid Persia and name of a French/Iranian graphic novel/movie | Persepolis | 46%
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| Powerful assyrian city, in the Old Testament Prophet Jonah has to preach to its people | Nineveh | 43%
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| Sumerian city which became capital of the first empire after the conquests of King Sargon | Akkad | 41%
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| Sumerian city, which gave Iraq its name and was the biggest city in Sumeria | Uruk | 36%
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| Mayan city of the late classic period, popular for tourists for its castillo pyramid | Chichen Itza | 32%
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| Capital of the Seleucid Empire and one of the biggest cities of the Roman Empire, Saint Paul was its Bishop | Antioch | 29%
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| Capital of the Minoan Empire, in mythology home to the minotaur in its labyrinth | Knossos | 29%
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| City in modern day Syria, was important City in roman times and capital of a short lived empire in the 3. Century | Palmyra | 25%
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| Capital of the Parthian and Sasanian Empire in modern day Iraq | Ctesiphon | 23%
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| Greek Bronze Age City with mythical kings like Perseus, Agamemnon and Orestes | Mycenae | 23%
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| City in Gaul, where Caesar triumphet over Vercingetorix and finished the Gallic Wars | Alesia | 20%
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| Gave Syria and three powerful empires of the Bronze and Iron Age its name | Assur | 20%
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| Capital of Siam and once one of the most important trading cities of Asia | Ayutthaya | 14%
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| City at the west coast of Turkey, its temple for Goddess Artemis/Diana was one of the Seven World Wonders | Ephesos | 11%
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| Important greek city in Turkey during hellenistic and roman times, gave parchment its name | Pergamon | 11%
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| Important trading city of the Bronze Age south to the Hittite Empire, developed the first alphabet | Ugarit | 5%
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| Important trading center in northern Germany in the early Middle Ages, which was founded by Scandinavians | Haitabu | 4%
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