Mediterranean World of Antiquity

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1. Where are Homer's "Pillars of Herakles?" Between Italy and Greece On the eastern coast of Crete At the mouth of the Nile Between Spain and Morocco

2. Where was King Minos' palace? Syracuse, Italy Troy, Turkey Sparta, Greece Knossos, Crete

3. There is no historical evidence for the Trojan War. True False

4. According to the Bible, Moses led the Israelites out of Egypt and into ...? Libya Canaan Babylon Syria

5. Who was the first king to capture Jerusalem? Leonidas Cyrus the Great Xerxes Nebuchadnezzar

6. What was the name of the Greek naval commander who defeated Xerxes at the Battle of Salamis? Pericles Themistocles Leonidas Miletus

7. Where did Alexander the Great die? Olympias In the Indus River Valley Antioch Babylon

8. Who was Rome's opponent in the Punic Wars? Greece Carthage Persia Germanic Tribes

9. Augustus Caesar demanded that his subjects worship him as a divinity. True False

10. Who wrote the Aeneid? Horace Homer Cicero Virgil